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Perceived neighborhood crime and social cohesion trajectories and mental health during COVID-19: Evidence from a 2020-2024 cohort. 2019冠状病毒病期间的感知社区犯罪和社会凝聚力轨迹以及心理健康：来自2020-2024年队列的证据

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-19 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70116

Yong Yang, Abid Hasan Khan

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Community as the catalyst: A mixed-methods evaluation of a promotora-led wellness intervention to address mental health inequities in latine communities. 社区作为催化剂：对促进者主导的健康干预措施的混合方法评估，以解决拉丁社区的心理健康不平等问题。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-03 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70115

Jasmín D Llamas, Lucila Ramos-Sanchez, Sol Caselles, Cristina Leal, Jennifer Saldana Luna, Myriam Bartz, Emma Stecher

{"title":"Community as the catalyst: A mixed-methods evaluation of a promotora-led wellness intervention to address mental health inequities in latine communities.","authors":"Jasmín D Llamas, Lucila Ramos-Sanchez, Sol Caselles, Cristina Leal, Jennifer Saldana Luna, Myriam Bartz, Emma Stecher","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70115","url":null,"abstract":"Latine communities face significant health and mental health inequities, which were exacerbated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Structural barriers, including economic factors and a lack of culturally responsive care, prevent these populations from accessing necessary treatment. This study evaluates the implementation of a community-based wellness intervention specifically designed to address the mental health needs of the Latine population through a culturally congruent framework. A total of 181 participants completed a pretest and 145 completed a posttest (80% retention rate). Quantitative findings revealed significant improvements across all measures of mental health, wellness, and resilient coping. Qualitative analysis identified primary themes of program effectiveness: Emotional Well-being, Personal Growth, Decision-Making, Communication Skills, Relaxation Techniques, and Collaborative Environment. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction and perceived benefits for themselves and their families. The mixed-methods evaluation suggests that a promotora-led, culturally sensitive intervention can effectively enhance psychological well-being and reduce clinical risk in marginalized Latine communities. By rooting mental health delivery in community wisdom, programs such as these offer a viable model for promoting health equity and empowerment.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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WorldSense paradigm: A multi-sensory framework for understanding reality. 世界感官范式：理解现实的多感官框架。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70109

Moshood Olanrewaju

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The silence in a radical field. 激进领域的沉默。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70111

Mazna Patka, Noha Hassanin, Azza Osman, Radwa R Abdelshafi, Patrizia Meringolo, Serdar M Değirmencioğlu

{"title":"The silence in a radical field.","authors":"Mazna Patka, Noha Hassanin, Azza Osman, Radwa R Abdelshafi, Patrizia Meringolo, Serdar M Değirmencioğlu","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70111","url":null,"abstract":"This first-person account interrogates the silence of mainstream community psychology in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. We confront the gap between the field's stated commitments to social justice, prevention, and liberation, and its complicity through inaction. Silence is not neutrality but alignment with power, reflecting the colonial foundations and whiteness that structure mainstream psychology. Drawing on the tradition of bearing witness as a critical research methodology, we came together through a conference session and developed this account through collective dialogue, iterative exchange, and transnational solidarity. Organized thematically, the article asks four central questions: (1) What does mainstream community psychology's silence on Palestine say about our commitments, values, and usefulness?; (2) Why is Palestinian resistance pathologized as deviance rather than recognized as dignity?; (3) What is the purpose of theory if not applied in moments of urgent crisis?; and (4) What will mainstream community psychology claim it stood for when genocide was broadcast in real time? We ground our critique in lived realities across West Asia, Africa, Europe, and exile. The account is a refusal of complicity, a challenge to measure the field's worth not by rhetoric but by courage and solidarity in the struggle for liberation.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149079364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Survivance and resurgence in a Maya diaspora. 玛雅侨民的生存与复兴。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-26 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70112

Robin Chancer, Gerónimo Ramírez, Ernesto Ajanel Calel, María Teresa Ajanel Ixcoy

{"title":"Survivance and resurgence in a Maya diaspora.","authors":"Robin Chancer, Gerónimo Ramírez, Ernesto Ajanel Calel, María Teresa Ajanel Ixcoy","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70112","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores how displaced Maya Peoples are working toward justice and resurgence amid increasing government persecution in the United States. The authors facilitated multi-year Critical Participatory Action Research with communities living in northeast Ohio, United States, where a large diaspora of Maya people has been growing since the 1980s. Participants reported increased suffering resulting from oppressive border enforcement policies. At the same time, they shared their work to cultivate what Gerald Vizenor (2009), White Earth Anishinaabe writer and literary theorist, called \"survivance\": resistance and survival in vibrant communities despite structural violence. Their strategies included cultural continuity, community orientation, and land-based healing. These themes intersected in an array of practices such as reviving ancestral relational traditions, building shared power and alliances (even with State institutions), restoring ecological care, and telling the truth about their Indigenous histories. The praxis highlights Maya knowledges that can inform how community-based psychologists and scholars work alongside Indigenous Peoples severely impacted by border violence, supporting their resurgence strategies through research and action.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149056896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Beyond belonging: Mattering as a catalyst for empowerment and contributive justice in community settings 超越归属感：在社区环境中发挥赋权和促进正义的催化剂作用。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-25 Epub Date: 2026-07-22 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70088

Keith J. Watts, Laneshia R. Conner, Kathryn Showalter

{"title":"Beyond belonging: Mattering as a catalyst for empowerment and contributive justice in community settings","authors":"Keith J. Watts, Laneshia R. Conner, Kathryn Showalter","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70088","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.70088","url":null,"abstract":"The need for high-quality social connection is central to community well-being, yet foundational constructs like belongingness may not fully capture the dynamics of empowerment, justice, and social significance. This paper advances a theoretical framework positing that a sense of mattering—the feeling of being valued and capable of adding value—is a critical conceptual tool for community psychology. We argue that mattering evolves from belongingness by incorporating a prosocial agentic dimension (i.e., adding value) that explicitly links social connection to generativity and contributive justice. Adopting an ecological perspective, we reframe the lack of mattering not as an individual deficit but as a failure of settings to provide the opportunity role structures necessary for contribution. This distinction provides a structural basis for designing community-based interventions that move beyond inclusion to cultivate genuine significance. Ultimately, this framework repositions mattering as a mechanism for systemic change, asserting that the opportunity to contribute is a matter of social justice.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":"78 1-2","pages":"218-233"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148547657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Facilitators’ champion behaviors for delivering an evidence-based parenting program 辅导员为提供以证据为基础的育儿计划而倡导的行为。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-25 Epub Date: 2026-08-12 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70093

Camila Regina Lotto, Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim, Dana Charles McCoy, Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares

{"title":"Facilitators’ champion behaviors for delivering an evidence-based parenting program","authors":"Camila Regina Lotto, Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim, Dana Charles McCoy, Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70093","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.70093","url":null,"abstract":"Effective implementation of parenting programs relies on multiple factors, particularly the role of facilitators who actively deliver and support the intervention. Facilitators’ champion behaviors or the efforts they make to encourage implementation, can positively impact the outcomes of these programs. The present study examined the predictors of facilitators’ champion behaviors when delivering the ACT-Raising Safe Kids Program in public services in an upper-middle-income country. The sample comprised 131 facilitators from 26 municipalities in Brazil. Participants completed self-report questionnaires addressing sociodemographic and background characteristics, self-regulation, resource availability, and champion behaviors. A partially latent structural equation model (SEM) was used to test direct and indirect relations between these variables. To support the SEM, we also conducted a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess the psychometric properties of the instruments. The results revealed that facilitators' self-regulation and resource availability significantly and positively predicted facilitators' personal champion behaviors, but not their public behaviors. Facilitators’ self-regulation served as a mechanism explaining the positive relation between resource availability and personal champion behaviors. The findings highlight the relevance of facilitators’ behaviors in delivering the program to families, as well as the importance of organizational resources for intervention implementation in public services.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":"78 1-2","pages":"263-276"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.70093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148710902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The relationship between social and cultural factors and mental health outcomes among middle-aged and older Latino and Hispanic immigrants 中老年拉丁裔和西班牙裔移民的社会文化因素与心理健康结果的关系

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-25 Epub Date: 2026-03-03 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70056

Juan M. Peña, Steven P. Verney, Luz M. Garcini, Alondra Reyes, Monserat Rodriguez-Rico, Selene Vences Brown, Cinthia B. Herrera, Jessica Goodkind, Kamilla L. Venner, Gabriel R. Sanchez

{"title":"The relationship between social and cultural factors and mental health outcomes among middle-aged and older Latino and Hispanic immigrants","authors":"Juan M. Peña, Steven P. Verney, Luz M. Garcini, Alondra Reyes, Monserat Rodriguez-Rico, Selene Vences Brown, Cinthia B. Herrera, Jessica Goodkind, Kamilla L. Venner, Gabriel R. Sanchez","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70056","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.70056","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigated the prevalence of exposure to traumatic events, and the relationship between trauma, acculturative stress, and protective social and cultural factors on mental health outcomes among aging Latino and Hispanic immigrants. In this cross-sectional study, 80 middle-aged and older (M = 54 years, SD = 7) Latino or Hispanic immigrants (51% male) living in the United States completed a series of questionnaires in Spanish. We performed multiple regression analyses to examine risk and protective factors for mental health outcomes. The results indicated that 86% of our participants reported experiencing at least one traumatic event in their lifetime (M = 5, SD = 6). Higher acculturative stress was associated with greater symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Greater levels of family support were found to be linked with lower symptoms of psychological distress, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. The cumulative exposure to traumatic events and acculturative stress across the lifespan impacts the mental health of aging Latino immigrants. Family support is an important protective factor for researchers, clinicians, and policy makers to consider in the development of effective and culturally appropriate interventions for middle-aged and older Latino/Hispanic immigrants.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":"78 1-2","pages":"79-95"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147347082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups 同一把伞下的雨感觉不同：LGBTQ亚群体的贫困经历。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-25 Epub Date: 2026-04-09 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70061

Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen

{"title":"The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups","authors":"Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70061","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.70061","url":null,"abstract":"Population-based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). This qualitative study applies constructivist grounded theory analysis to examine the lived experiences of 92 low-income LGBTQ adults. While shared experiences were evident, the analysis highlights issues notably salient to specific SOGI subgroups. Distinct themes underscore the following experiences for each subgroup: negotiating manhood within parenting and social services (trans men); stigma in housing and shelters (trans women); seeking independence and stability through higher education (nonbinary people); ubiquitous impact of mothering on economic challenges and supports (cisgender bisexual women); staying strong for family and work (cisgender lesbian women); maintaining family connections while navigating masculinity expectations (cisgender bisexual men); and stigma and support related to HIV (cisgender gay men). This study challenges monolithic narratives among queer and trans people and underscores the need for structural interventions that reflect the diverse realities of LGBTQ lives. Findings offer implications for policy, practice, and research on economic justice.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":"78 1-2","pages":"120-139"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.70061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147637741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Master narratives as “colonial propaganda” and counternarratives as “refusal”: How African Australians reimagine racial dignity in Australia 作为“殖民宣传”的主叙事和作为“拒绝”的反叙事：非裔澳大利亚人如何重新想象澳大利亚的种族尊严。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-25 Epub Date: 2026-07-22 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70075

Kathomi Gatwiri, Samara Kim

{"title":"Master narratives as “colonial propaganda” and counternarratives as “refusal”: How African Australians reimagine racial dignity in Australia","authors":"Kathomi Gatwiri, Samara Kim","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70075","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.70075","url":null,"abstract":"This paper utilizes the concept of “colonial master narratives” to examine how racial propaganda is mobilized in the Australian imaginary to “flatten” the stories of Blac/k people and how African Australians deploy counternarratives to reject these racialized projections. Specifically, we examine how master narratives, as a form of colonial propaganda, were challenged and subverted by participants' refusal to be spoken for and about through myths and falsehoods, presented as truisms about who black people are (or are not). In so doing, we analyse how African Australians encounter, negotiate, and actively refuse the colonial ‘master’ narratives that are institutionalized across Australian politics, policy settings, media representations, and everyday social hierarchies. Forty-two African Australians were recruited across Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales to share their experiences of belonging, Africanness, and racial dignity. The findings demonstrate that, despite ongoing stereotyping, profiling, and racial labelling, African Australians deploy practices of refusal through dignity-affirming counternarratives that actively seek to disrupt deficit-oriented framings of Blackness and Africanness. We argue that such counternarratives are necessary resistances to racial harm and are generative political acts that reimagine life in Australia as something that can be experienced agentically, beyond the racial myths and falsehoods instrumentalized by colonial logics. Counternarratives are, therefore, a way of “refusing indignity” and making space for stories of love, beauty, and joy.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":"78 1-2","pages":"140-152"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.70075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148547591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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