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Reflections on “Real‐World” community psychology
Author(s) -
Wolff Tom,
Swift Carolyn
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.20244
Subject(s) - community psychology , field (mathematics) , legitimacy , action (physics) , politics , trace (psycholinguistics) , public relations , sociology , international psychology , social science , engineering ethics , political science , psychology , critical psychology , social psychology , asian psychology , law , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Reflections on the history of real‐world (applied) community psychologists trace their participation in the field's official guild, the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), beginning with the Swampscott Conference in 1965 through the current date. Four benchmarks are examined. The issues these real‐world psychologists bring to the field include academic and community legitimacy, community psychology as an interdisciplinary field, and politics and advocacy. Challenges these issues create among community psychologists—real‐world and academic—are briefly addressed. These reflections end with a vision of the future of community psychology that includes a strong recommitment to social change and social justice. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.