Addressing Community Problems: Psychological Research and Interventions (Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761910786 ISBN 13: 9780761910787

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Taking both social and clinical psychological perspectives, this volume examines pressing community problems such as homelessness, racism, delinquency, alcoholism, violence, unemployment and workplace health. The contributors, leaders in community and social psychology, present the results of their empirical research into these problems.

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About the Author

Ximena Arriaga is currently an Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. Her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in Social Psychology, with minors in Quantitative Psychology and Developmental Science. Her primary areas of research are relationship commitment, uncertainty, and partner aggression. She also does some research on family functioning among Latinos. Her research has been funded by NIMH and contributes to the relationships and intimate partner violence literatures. She has served as an Associated Editor or Consulting Editor for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and Personal Relationships. Dr. Arriaga has received several teaching awards

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0761910786
• ISBN 13: 9780761910787
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271
• Editor: Arriaga Ximena B., Oskamp Stuart