Anna Flitner, Samuel McQuillin, Mariah Kornbluh, Daria Thompson
{"title":"Spotlighting racism in schools: Teacher mentors and the mediating effect of school safety","authors":"Anna Flitner, Samuel McQuillin, Mariah Kornbluh, Daria Thompson","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12680","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12680","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Youth are more likely to succeed when they feel safe at school and have access to caring relationships with adults. Systemic racism interrupts access to these assets. Within schools, racially/ethnically minoritized youth encounter policies rooted in racism, leading to decreased perceptions of school safety. Having a teacher mentor may mitigate some of the harmful effects of systemic racism and discriminatory practices. Yet, teacher mentors may not be accessible to all students. In this study, the authors tested a putative explanatory hypothesis for differences between Black and white children's access to teacher mentors. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used. Linear regression models were used to predict access to teacher mentors, and a mediational analysis was conducted to determine the effect of school safety on the relationship between race and teacher mentor access. Results indicate that students from higher SES backgrounds and those with parents who have greater educational attainment are more likely to have a teacher mentor. Furthermore, Black students are less likely than white students to have a teacher mentor, and school safety mediates that relationship. The implications of this study suggest that challenging institutional racism and structures may improve perceptions of school safety and teacher mentor accessibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12680","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9646302","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}
Erinn C. Bacchus, Alexa B. D'Angelo, Christian Grov
{"title":"Experiences of police-related stress among a U.S. national cohort of gay and bisexual men","authors":"Erinn C. Bacchus, Alexa B. D'Angelo, Christian Grov","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12683","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12683","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Marginalized groups (including people of Color and sexual minorities) have been over-policed and specifically targeted based on their race/ethnicity and identity. The deleterious effects of over-policing marginalized groups include overrepresentation in the carceral system, experiencing higher rates of violence from police, and extend to affect mental health and stress levels. This study examines police-related stress among a U.S. national cohort of gay and bisexual men (collected in late 2020 and early 2021) and its association with race/ethnicity, age, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, income, and other characteristics of interest. Our results show that the odds of reporting extreme police-related stress were 2.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] [2.08, 3.41]) times higher for Black individuals than for their White counterparts. Odds were also significantly greater for those who have experienced race-based (odds ratio [<i>OR</i>] = 2.26, 95% CI [1.81–2.82] or identity-based discrimination (<i>OR</i> = 2.05, 95% CI [1.66, 2.54]). Our findings demonstrate variation in police-related stress among a cohort of gay and bisexual men; with men of Color and low-income men among the most affected by police-related stress. For this population, police-related stress should be considered for its potential deleterious effect on HIV vulnerability and reporting violent crimes to police (including intimate partner violence and hate crimes).</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12683","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10213977","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}
Olivia Marcucci, Tiffany Roberston, Donald Morgan, Elizabeth Lazarus, Lisa Mitchell
{"title":"A grassroots antiracist program: The motivation and perceived growth of participants in a community-based, intergroup dialogue program","authors":"Olivia Marcucci, Tiffany Roberston, Donald Morgan, Elizabeth Lazarus, Lisa Mitchell","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12682","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12682","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the United States, racial segregation still organizes the social lives of most people. This segregation of social life continues reinforcing attitudes and behaviors that sustain racial injustice in the United States. Given the longstanding structural forces sustaining the segregated status quo, why do certain individuals seek out opportunities for ‘intentional integration’? And what happens when they do? This qualitative study interviewed racially diverse participants in a community-developed, sustained, and strategic intergroup dialogue program called Touchy Topics Tuesday (TTT), located in St. Louis, Missouri. Overall, participants (<i>N</i> = 30) described three interwoven motivations for involvement in the program–a catalytic moment, a long-term commitment mindset, and/or the influence of their social network. Of all these, participants' social network was the predominant motivating force for individuals across racial lines. Participants also reported three main categories of outcomes: intellectual growth, emotional growth, and relational growth. Each of these categories encompass both attitudinal and behavioral changes. The article interrogates these major findings in the context of the intergroup dialogue literature and studies of attitude change and psychotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12682","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10213976","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}
{"title":"Translating critical reflection into collective action: The mediating role of Asian American racial identity ideological values","authors":"J. Abigail Saavedra, Hyung Chol Yoo","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12681","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12681","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Throughout U.S. history, Asian Americans engaged in various forms of collective action to challenge systems of oppression. Despite this, few studies challenge the stereotype that Asian Americans are apolitical and uninterested in collective action and focus on psychological correlates of Asian Americans' collective action. Collective action may be motivated by critical reflection on racism and inequality, which may induce shifts in racial identity ideological values that lead Asian Americans to align with minoritized groups. The current study examines whether Asian American racial identity ideological values—specifically, Asian American Unity, Interracial Solidarity, and Transnational Critical Consciousness—help explain why critical reflection is linked to collective action among Asian Americans. Multiple mediation analyses suggested that, among Asian American college students in the Southwest United States (<i>N</i> = 272), beliefs about Interracial Solidarity and Asian American Unity mediated the relationship between critical reflection (i.e., Critical Reflection on Racism and Perceived Inequality) and collective action (i.e., Support for Black Lives Matter and Sociopolitical Participation). Transnational Critical Consciousness did not mediate the relationship between critical reflection and collective action. This study highlights how Asian American unity and interracial solidarity beliefs underlie Asian Americans' critical reflection and collective action.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10158310","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}
Ceewin N. Louder, Marisol L. Meyer, Gabrielle M. del Rey, Alexis R. Franklin
{"title":"Elevating community-driven socioecological participation and action: A case study with Black youth","authors":"Ceewin N. Louder, Marisol L. Meyer, Gabrielle M. del Rey, Alexis R. Franklin","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12679","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12679","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Context is important when considering how racism acts to harm Black youth. Hence, social scientists developed socioecological theories that consider both the individual and the context(s) which shapes them. We used these theories to make sense of the challenges facing Black youth and identify points for intervention. However, these theories were rarely shared with community participants. Theory, at its core, is a way to make sense of the world. Theory shared in an age-appropriate manner can help youth make sense of their experiences in a way that promotes psychological wellness. This paper describes the intentional sharing of socioecological theory with community members engaged in two community-based mental health programs. Our team has collaborated closely with community stakeholders to implement and iteratively improve these programs. This first-person account presents the doctoral students' experiences in engaging community members in using socioecological theory to improve the programs with which they have identified as useful to their community. The article underscores the importance of elevating community voices when engaging in community-based research and how that engagement is more fundamental as programs become well-established.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12679","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10148728","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}
Andrea L. DaViera, Caroline Bailey, Davielle Lakind, Natalie Kivell, Fitsum Areguy, Kymberly Byrd
{"title":"Identifying abolitionist alignments in community psychology: A path toward transformation","authors":"Andrea L. DaViera, Caroline Bailey, Davielle Lakind, Natalie Kivell, Fitsum Areguy, Kymberly Byrd","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12678","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12678","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Psychology is grounded in the ethical principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence, that is, “do no harm.” Yet many have argued that psychology as a field is attached to carceral systems and ideologies that uphold the prison industrial complex (PIC), including the field of community psychology (CP). There have been recent calls in other areas of psychology to transform the discipline into an abolitionist social science, but this discourse is nascent in CP. This paper uses the semantic device of “algorithms” (e.g., conventions to guide thinking and decision-making) to identify the areas of alignment and misalignment between abolition and CP in the service of moving us toward greater alignment. The authors propose that many in CP are already oriented to abolition because of our values and theories of empowerment, promotion, and systems change; our areas of misalignment between abolition and CP hold the potential to evolve. We conclude with proposing implications for the field of CP, including commitments to the belief that (1) the PIC cannot be reformed, and (2) abolition must be aligned with other transnational liberation efforts (e.g., decolonization).</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12678","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401208","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}
Francesca Esposito, Dora Rebelo, Moshood Olanrewaju, Megan Vine, Maria Fernandes-Jesus, Debi Bodden, Aminata Kalokoh, Bradley Olson
{"title":"A community psychology for migrant justice: Critically examining border violence and resistance during the COVID-19 syndemic","authors":"Francesca Esposito, Dora Rebelo, Moshood Olanrewaju, Megan Vine, Maria Fernandes-Jesus, Debi Bodden, Aminata Kalokoh, Bradley Olson","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12669","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12669","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article explores the magnifying lenses of the COVID-19 <i>syndemic</i> to highlight how people racialized as migrants and refugees have been—and continue to be—disproportionally harmed. We use empirical evidence collected in our scholarly/activist work in Europe, Africa, South Asia, and the United States to examine migrant injustice as being produced by a combination of power structures and relations working to maintain colonial global orders and inequalities. This is what has been defined as “border imperialism.” Our data, complemented by evidence from transnational solidarity groups, show that border imperialism has further intersected with the hygienic-sanitary logics of social control at play during the COVID-19 period. This intersection has resulted in increasingly coercive methods of restraining people on the move, as well as in increased—and new—forms of degradation of their lives, that is, an overall multiplication of border violences. At the same time, however, COVID-19 has provided a unique opportunity for grassroot solidarity initiatives and resistance led by people on the move to be amplified and extended. We conclude by emphasizing the need for community psychologists to take a more vigorous stance against oppressive border imperialist regimes and the related forms of violence they re/enact.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12669","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9743263","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}
Agnes Rieger, Allyson M. Blackburn, Apoorva Nag, Hope Holland, Nicole E. Allen
{"title":"Contradictions in change: Ecological factors in the implementation of outer layer sexual violence prevention","authors":"Agnes Rieger, Allyson M. Blackburn, Apoorva Nag, Hope Holland, Nicole E. Allen","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12672","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12672","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined the adoption and implementation process in early efforts to implement ecological (“outer layer”) sexual violence (SV) prevention strategies. Interviews with 28 preventionists from 26 local sites within a large, midwestern state, were conducted to examine individual preventionists' problem definitions of SV and ecological factors surrounding implementation. Findings suggest that SV prevention in the state is primarily implemented at the individual-level; when preventionists described engaging in or anticipating outer layer interventions, they were often tertiary (i.e., responding after perpetration; e.g., Sexual Assault Response Teams). A majority expressed problem definitions rooted within the individual (e.g., perpetration due to a lack of consent education), and a majority of implemented efforts matched this individual-level conceptualization. Yet, contradictions between problem definitions (e.g., SV stemming from oppression) and implemented activities (e.g., single-session educational interventions) emerged. Such contradictions may be best understood in light of contextual implementation influences: diverse preventionist job responsibilities, less training/support for outer layer prevention, preventionist autonomy, leadership messaging, time requirements, partner reticence, and extensive work with schools. Inner layer influences, including identification with job roles, preference for, and a sense of urgency toward inner layer work, appeared to interact with contextual factors. Implications across community psychology domains are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12672","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10154673","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}
Rachel Siegal, Andrew Nance, Atalaya Johnson, Andrew Case
{"title":"“Just because I have a medical degree does not mean I have the answers”: Using CBPR to enhance patient-centered care within a primary care setting","authors":"Rachel Siegal, Andrew Nance, Atalaya Johnson, Andrew Case","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12677","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12677","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Patient-centered care (PCC) is a health care delivery model that is considered a means to reduce inequities in the healthcare system, specifically through its prioritization of patient voice and preference in treatment planning. Yet, there are documented challenges to its implementation. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is seemingly well-positioned to address such challenges, but there has been limited discussion of utilizing CBPR in this way. This article begins to address this gap. In it, we present three diverse stakeholders' perspectives on a CBPR project to enhance PCC within a primary care clinic serving low-income patients. These perspectives provide insights into benefits, challenges, and lessons learned in using CBPR to implement PCC. Key benefits of using CBPR to implement PCC include increasing the acceptability and feasibility of data collection tools and process, and the generating of high-quality actionable feedback. Important CBPR facilitators of PCC implementation include intentional power-sharing between patients and providers and having invested stakeholders who “champion” CBPR within an organization with empowering practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12677","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10157855","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}
Sara L. Buckingham, Tiera Uqiilaq Schroeder, Jacy R. Hutchinson
{"title":"Elder-led cultural identity program as counterspace at a public university: Narratives on sense of community, empowering settings, and empowerment","authors":"Sara L. Buckingham, Tiera Uqiilaq Schroeder, Jacy R. Hutchinson","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12673","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajcp.12673","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Higher education institutions present unique settings in which identities and life paths are distinctively shaped. While at their best universities should serve as empowering settings that support their members to grow and develop, to raise awareness of injustice, and to catalyze change, too often systems of higher education in the United States serve to marginalize Indigenous cultures and promote assimilation to White, Euro-American cultures. Counterspaces offer an important response, spaces developed by and for people experiencing oppression that allow for solidarity-building, social support, healing, resource attainment, skill-building, resistance, counter-storytelling, and ideally, empowerment. The Alaska Native (AN) Cultural Identity Project (CIP) is based at an urban U.S.-based university and was rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed from the best available scientific and practice literature, local data from AN students, and traditional wisdom from Elders, CIP incorporated storytelling, experiential learning, connection, exploration, and sharing of identity and cultural strengths with the aim of helping AN students understand who they are and who they are becoming. In all, 44 students, 5 Elders, and 3 additional staff participated in the space. In this paper, we sought to understand how CIP was experienced by these unique members who co-created and engaged in this space through 10 focus groups with 36 of the CIP members. We found that the counterspace promoted a sense of community, served as an empowering setting, and set the stage for empowering actions and ripple effects beyond its impact on individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajcp.12673","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10510970","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}