Distinctions among concepts and approaches to assessing social support are made, and
published generic and specialized measures of social support are reviewed. Depending on …

Developed the concept of psychological wellness and made the case that proportionally
more resources should be directed to the pursuit of this goal. Five pathways to wellness are …

" Seek simplicity and distrust it." Alfred North Whitehead" It will become all too clear that an
ability to see patterns in behavior, an ability that some might feel proud of, can lead more …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

There is an impressive amount of literature on theory-driven evaluation published in the past
few decades. The literature devoted to this topic includes four volumes of New Directions for …

Welcome to Psychological Testing and Assessment, Twelfth Edition. I hope you find it
rewarding, engaging, and enjoyable. Lewis Aiken and I, Gary Groth-Marnat, have worked to …

Growing research interest in social support underscores the need for reliable and valid
measures of this concept. It is argued that measures that assess what indivMuals actually do …

Examines the maximum security prison as a living environment and illustrates the personal
impact prisons have on individual prisoners. Practical solutions to the problem of making …

The increasing impact of performance based judgments on schools and teachers in the
classroom has its critics and supporters. Some oppose the trend and seek to deny the …

The study of decisions in the criminal justice process provides a useful focus for the
examination of many fundamental aspects of criminal jus tice. These decisions are not …