Price Richard H, Behrens Teresa
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1248, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2003 Jun;31(3-4):219-23. doi: 10.1023/a:1023950402338.
Community psychology in general and the field of prevention in particular has unquestioningly accepted the assumption that the research process should proceed in a linear fashion from a search for basic knowledge to application in the community context. This ignores the compelling insight offered by Stokes (1997) that the drive for new knowledge and the pursuit of application can be combined in a single effort. If research in community psychology pursues the drive for application without an equal commitment to the development of knowledge about underlying community processes of social cooperation and change, it will become a field less capable of innovative and enduring contributions to community well-being and effectiveness Opportunities abound in community psychology for the simultaneous pursuit of new knowledge and more effective practice. We offer the example of a community leadership development program to promote collective efficacy as a case in point.
总体而言,社区心理学,尤其是预防领域,毫无疑问地接受了这样一种假设,即研究过程应以线性方式进行,从寻求基础知识到在社区环境中应用。这忽视了斯托克斯(1997年)提出的极具说服力的观点,即对新知识的追求和对应用的追求可以在一次努力中结合起来。如果社区心理学研究在追求应用的同时,没有同样致力于发展关于社会合作和变革的潜在社区过程的知识,那么它将成为一个对社区福祉和效能做出创新和持久贡献能力较弱的领域。在社区心理学中,同时追求新知识和更有效实践的机会比比皆是。我们以一个促进集体效能的社区领导力发展项目为例。