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The History and Philosophy of Ecological Psychology

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Ecological Psychology is an embodied, situated, and non-representational approach pioneered by J. J. Gibson and E. J. Gibson. This theory aims to offer a third way beyond cognitivism and behaviorism for understanding cognition.
Lorena Lobo, Manuel Heras-Escribano, David Travieso   +2 more
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The experience of migrant mothers of African origin in Spain: A human rights‐based approach to mental health

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Migrant mothers of African origin (MMAO) face multiple situations of vulnerability in receiving societies, with implications for their right to the highest level of mental health. This study examines the intersecting social determinants that shape the experiences of suffering and well‐being expressed by MMAO engaged in transnational motherhood
Virginia Paloma, Julia Jiménez‐Ceballos, Tatiana Duque, Daniela E. Miranda   +3 more
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Community‐engaged crime prevention through environmental design and reductions in violent and firearm crime

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the U.S., crime and violence are concentrated in cities that have lost industry and population due to economic disinvestment and structurally racist policies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have called for community‐level approaches that reduce violence in these cities by improving unsafe physical environments, increasing ...
Laney A. Rupp, Shaun Bhatia, Daniel B. Lee, Rachel Wyatt, Gregory Bushman, Thomas A. Wyatt, Jesenia M. Pizarro, Caroline Wixom, Marc A. Zimmerman, Thomas M. Reischl   +9 more
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How Kids Understand Health and Illness: Some Reflections from and for the Theory of Social Representations

Культурно-историческая психология, 2018
The purpose of the article is twofold: 1) to argue about utility and advantages of the social representational perspective applied to the field of health and illness in case of children, 2) to discuss the potential and fertility of cultural-historical ...
Aim M.-A., , Dany L.,, Dvoryanchikov N.V., , Bovina I.B.,   +3 more
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Engaging decolonial approaches to deracialize and humanize migrants

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We are continuing to live in unsettling times that demand responses from researchers, scholars and activists to create and mobilise knowledge for liberation, wellbeing, and justice. This commentary draws from my lived experience and research in migration that I use to highlight the rootshock of displacement and the contributions of community ...
Christopher C. Sonn
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Life of Families Who Have Children With Cornelia de Lange Syndrome in Brazil: Opportunities for Improvement

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This exploratory cross‐sectional study aimed to estimate the family quality of life (FQoL) among 70 Brazilian families with children with Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS). Data were collected using sociodemographic and clinical data forms, the Barthel index for activities of daily living, and the Beach Center FQoL Scale, a 5‐point Likert tool
Aline Apis, Beatriz Carvalho Nunes, Thainá Vilella, Rafaela Catelan Martins Pereira, Rui Fernando Pilotto, Lucimar Retto da Silva de Avó, Maria Isabel Melaragno, Carla Maria Ramos Germano, Débora Gusmão Melo   +8 more
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Considering the animating ethos of designing digital first unemployment services: On the motivation of others

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the animating ethos of digital unemployment services. Unlike human‐to‐human services, where the intention of policy is normally mediated by professionals, digital services are fully designed in the policy imagination. As a result, it is a pressing issue to understand the ethos that animates their development.
Ray Griffin, Antoinette Jordan, Aisling Tuite   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural-Historical Theory and Social Psychology: A Nexus of Ideas

Вестник Московского университета. Серия 14: Психология
Background. The relevance of the stated topic is determined by two circumstances: the need to determine the main directions of the theoretical and methodological reflection of modern social psychology and the task of explaining the socio-psychological ...
Tahir Yu. Bazarov, Elena P. Belinskaya, Olga A. Tikhomandritskaya   +2 more
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Beyond administrative burden: Activation and administrative harm

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Within recent public policy and administration scholarship, there has been a growing focus on the concept of “administrative burden” to describe the learning, compliance and psychological costs incurred by citizens when trying to access services and exercise social and political rights. Specifically, in the context of activation and welfare‐to‐
Michael McGann, Sarah Ball
wiley   +1 more source

Care Leavers Into Parenthood: Support Needs and Effective Practice Approaches Through Transitions From Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is significant local and international evidence to show that young people transitioning from care have children by age 21 at far higher rates than the general youth population. Intergenerational child protection involvement is also far higher for this group.
Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris
wiley   +1 more source