Ecological Research to Promote Social Change: Methodological Advances from Community Psychology

Dedication. Preface. List of Contributors. Editors' Biographies. Table of Contents. Introduction to the volume; T.A. Revenson. I: Design Issues in Intervention Research. Section Overview; A.R. D'Augelli. 1. Probing the Effects of Individual Components in Multiple Component Prevention Programs; S.G. West, et al. 2. From Field Experiments to Program Implementation: Assessing the Potential Outcomes of an Experimental Intervention Program for Unemployed Persons; A.D. Vinokur, et al. 3. Research on the Cost Effectiveness of Early Educational Implications for Research and Policy; S.W. Barnett, C.M. Escobar. II: Ecological Assessment. Section Overview; M. Shinn. 4. Measuring Neighborhood Context for Young Children in an Urban Area; C.J. Coulton, et al. 5. Ecological Assessments of Community Disorder: Their Relationship to Fear of Crime and Theoretical Implications; D.D. Perkins, R.B. Taylor. 6. Detecting `Cracks' in Mental Health Service Systems: Application of Network Analytic Techniques; M. Tausig. 7. Social Support Processes in Early Childhood Friendship: A Comparative Study of Ecological Congruences in Enacted Support; T.A. Rizzo, W.A. Corsaro. 8. Setting Phenotypes in a Mutual Help Organization: Expanding Behavior Setting Theory; D.A. Luke, et al. III: Culturally-Anchored Research. Section Overview; T.A. Revenson. 9. In Pursuit of a Culturally-Anchored Methodology; D. Hughes, E. Seidman. 10. Using Focus Groups to Facilitate Culturally Anchored Research; D. Hughes, K. DuMont. 11. The Structure of Problem andPositive Behavior among American Indian Adolescents: Gender and Community Differences; C.M. Mitchell, J. Beals.