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The Journal of Community Psychology (JCOP) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes research focused on community factors that influence human development and behavior. Manuscripts should focus on individuals in relation to their broader context, which may include the family, neighborhood, societal institutions, online communities (social media), etc. Manuscripts should focus on how these contexts are associated with psychological development. JCP publishes full-length research articles and shorter brief reports.
Call for Abstracts
Challenging Structural Inequities in Education to Promote Positive Psychosocial Outcomes in Migration Diverse Societies
Special Issue Editors:
Savaş Karataş, Tuğçe Aral, Lina Alhaddad, Sören Umlauft, Maja K. Schachner, Linda P. Juang
Deadline for Letter of Intent Submission: May 13th, 2024
Deadline for Manuscript Submission: November 14th, 2024
Journal of Community Psychology (JCP) is inviting papers for a special issue on “Challenging Structural Inequities in Education to Promote Positive Psychosocial Outcomes in Migration Diverse Societies”
Articles
COVID‐19 Stress and Coping Among Black Youth: The Role of Socio‐Emotional Community Mentor Support
-  17 March 2025
The Community Attitudes Towards Mental Illness (CAMI) Scale 40 Years Later: An Investigation Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Free‐Response Data
-  14 March 2025
‘They Take the Fear out of Failing’: Children's and Parents’ Experiences of the Risky Kids Program in Australia
-  1 March 2025
Community Efforts to Support LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health: Programs Objectives, Development, and Delivery
-  22 February 2025
Neighborhood Cohesion and Symptoms of Anxiety Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States
-  13 February 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Sense of community: A definition and theory
-  6-23
-  January 1986
Validation of A brief sense of community scale: Confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community
-  61-73
-  26 December 2007
Trauma‐informed or trauma‐denied: Principles and implementation of trauma‐informed services for women
-  461-477
-  27 May 2005
Sexual violence prevention through bystander education: An experimental evaluation
-  463-481
-  13 April 2007
Recent issues
- Volume 53, Issue 2February 2025
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- Volume 52, Issue 8
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