Community Psychology: Challenges, Controversies and Emerging Consensus

Community psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with person-environment interactions, and how society impacts upon individual and community functioning. More interventionist than sociology, it is about understanding people within their social worlds and using that knowledge to improve their well-being.

• | Author: Jim Orford
• | Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• | Publication Date: Jan 11, 2008
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780470855942
• | ISBN-10: 0470855940