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Intervention orientation: Quantification of “person‐blame” versus “situation‐blame” intervention philosophies
Author(s) -
Mitchell C. M.,
Davidson W. S.,
Chodakowski J. A.,
McVeigh J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00923266
Subject(s) - blame , health psychology , psychology , intervention (counseling) , social psychology , psychological intervention , orientation (vector space) , construct (python library) , applied psychology , public health , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , geometry , mathematics , computer science , programming language
Almost from its inception at the Swampscott conference in 1965, community psychology has criticized interventions focusing solely on "person variables" or "blaming the victim." In order to begin to explore this orientation more scientifically, these studies created a measure to tap person- and situation-blame orientations of service providers working with adolescents in legal jeopardy. Its reliability and construct validity were examined; implications for other social problem areas and for further research questions are explored.