Floryana Víquez, Stéphane Dandeneau, Hugues Leduc
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Inspired by the settlement framework, an analysis of the participants’ personal projects revealed three main spheres of life: economic, social, and political. According to the Everyday Racism Model, particularly the structural component, our findings reflect the limitations of Québec’s migration policies in terms of access to jobs, education, and proper housing.
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Gina Tomé, Adriano Almeida, Lúcia Ramiro, Tania Gaspar, Margarida Gaspar de Matos
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The main objective of this systematic review was identifying school context interventions that focus on students’ wellbeing and mental health. This review refers to papers focusing on young people ages 0 to 18 years old who attend school and had been the target audience for mental health and wellbeing promotion interventions. Results highlight the importance of the involvement of the whole school in order to better promote mental health and wellbeing.
Read more...Joy Agner
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Conventional research involves participants primarily as sources of data (Wallerstein & Duran, 2006), relies upon a positivist tradition wherein researchers are seen as neutral, objective observers (Bhawuk, 2008), and is not necessarily concerned with the application of findings to improve the social conditions of those involved. In many places around the world, this has led to distrusting relationships between communities and researchers, and has also likely limited the potential for research to help ameliorate social problems (Smith, 1999). In this article, action research is presented as an alternative to conventional research practices, and is examined in relation to four community psychology values.
Read more...Olya Glantsman & Leonard Jason
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This study focused on the relationship of value congruence between the individuals who belong to the field of Community Psychology and their workplace in relation to the work-related outcomes in an academic setting such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and willingness to recommend one's workplace.
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