Alexander Apryl A
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2024 Sep 5. doi: 10.1037/ort0000800.
Psychological science can be used to inform the critical social and global issues affecting communities. Advocacy has been recognized as an essential and ethical responsibility of mental health professionals, as it champions the basic human and civil rights of individuals, families, and communities. Scholar-activism encourages psychology to bridge scholarly knowledge, social justice, and advocacy to foster social change. Public scholarship aims to consider dissemination beyond our scholarly journals and to communities and decision makers who might benefit from psychological science research and practice. There are existing barriers to psychologists' advocacy engagement, primarily centered around the need for social justice and advocacy education and training for psychology students and trainees. As the 2021 Marion Langer Award recipient, the author provides examples of how she integrated advocacy, social justice, and public scholarship into her early career work. Future directions for students, trainees, researchers, and practitioners are provided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
心理科学可用于为影响社区的关键社会和全球问题提供信息。倡导已被视为心理健康专业人员的一项基本且符合伦理的责任，因为它捍卫个人、家庭和社区的基本人权和公民权利。学者行动主义鼓励心理学将学术知识、社会正义和倡导联系起来，以促进社会变革。公共学术旨在考虑将研究成果传播到学术期刊之外，传播给可能从心理科学研究和实践中受益的社区和决策者。心理学家参与倡导存在现有障碍，主要围绕心理学学生和受训人员对社会正义及倡导教育和培训的需求。作为2021年马里恩·兰格奖获得者，作者提供了她如何将倡导、社会正义和公共学术融入其早期职业生涯工作的示例。还为学生、受训人员、研究人员和从业者提供了未来方向。（PsycInfo数据库记录 (c) 2025美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
