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Dan Olweus: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy
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American Psychologist, 2012
Presents a short biography of the winner of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy. The 2012 winner is Dan Olweus for his rigorous scientific research on bullying among children and youth and his early and tireless attention to its public policy implications. Dan Olweus's…
Descriptors: Prevention, Recognition (Achievement), Public Health, Bullying
The Critical Role of Nurturing Environments for Promoting Human Well-Being
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Biglan, Anthony; Flay, Brian R.; Embry, Dennis D.; Sandler, Irwin N. – American Psychologist, 2012
The recent Institute of Medicine report on prevention (National Research Council & Institute of Medicine, 2009) noted the substantial interrelationship among mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and pointed out that, to a great extent, these problems stem from a set of common conditions. However, despite the evidence, current research and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Mental Disorders, Emotional Problems, Relationship
Major Depression Can Be Prevented
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Munoz, Ricardo F.; Beardslee, William R.; Leykin, Yan – American Psychologist, 2012
The 2009 Institute of Medicine report on prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders (National Research Council & Institute of Medicine, 2009b) presented evidence that major depression can be prevented. In this article, we highlight the implications of the report for public policy and research. Randomized controlled trials have shown…
Descriptors: Prevention, Depression (Psychology), Public Policy, Mental Health
Toward a Viable Community Health Psychology: Caveats from the Experiences of the Community Health Movement.
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Iscoe, Ira – American Psychologist, 1982
Stresses that health psychology should (1) adopt a community or public health perspective, rather than an individual disease or individual treatment model, and (2) focus on prevention, rather than on curative services. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mental Health, Prevention
Framing Public Policy and Prevention of Chronic Violence in American Youths
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Dodge, Kenneth A. – American Psychologist, 2008
Metaphors can both inspire and mislead the public. Current metaphors for youth violence are inconsistent with scientific evidence about how chronic violence develops and evoke inaccurate or harmful reactions. Popular, problematic metaphors include "superpredator", "quarantining the contagious", "corrective surgery", "man as computer", "vaccine",…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Violence, Prevention, Figurative Language
Social Support as a Focus for Integrative Research in Psychology.
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Gottlieb, Benjamin H. – American Psychologist, 1983
Suggests that social support systems offer a new avenue toward primary prevention, since social networks provide social meaning and psychological import to the term "community." Examines the nature and health protective effects of social support in the light of the historical evolution of community psychology as a discipline. (Author/AOS)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Resources, Environmental Influences, Health
Establishing and Maintaining Health Environments: Toward a Social Ecology of Health Promotion.
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Stokols, Daniel – American Psychologist, 1992
Offers a social ecological analysis of health promotive environments, emphasizing the transactions between individual or collective behavior and the health resources and constraints that exist in specific environmental settings. Directions for future research on the creation and maintenance of health promotive environments also are examined. (JB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Community Role, Ecology, Health Education