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Participatory Action Research: Psychology and Social Change
Author(s) -
BrydonMiller Mary
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1997.tb02454.x
Subject(s) - participatory action research , citizen journalism , action (physics) , field (mathematics) , engineering ethics , psychology , work (physics) , social change , sociology , participatory evaluation , applied psychology , social science , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , anthropology , law , pure mathematics
Participatory Action Research provides psychologists with a way of putting their skills and training to work in support of positive social change while still contributing to the important work of knowledge generation within the field. This article summarizes the development of Participatory Action Research and reviews the theoretical justification for this practice as a valid form of social research. The basic tenets and practices of this approach are discussed and the potential role of Participatory Action Research in psychology is considered.