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In the Public Interest: Contemplating Seymour, Sin, and a Center
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Cook, Sarah L. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
In this article, the author will focus on Seymour's article titled, "And What is the Public Interest?" (Sarason, 1986). To the author, the core of the article is as follows: "And what is the public interest? At its phenomenological root it is a picture of a triad: the individual, the society, and the bases on which they give meaning to each other.…
Descriptors: Altruism, Psychology, Social Problems, Social Psychology
Nurturing Human Potential in the Context of Schooling: The Legacy of Seymour B. Sarason
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Weinstein, Rhona S. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Seymour Bernard Sarason was born to Jewish immigrant parents on January 12, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York. He died on January 28, 2010, in New Haven, Connecticut, at the age of 91. He obtained his undergraduate degree in 1939 from Dana College in Newark (now Rutgers University), and earned his doctorate in clinical psychology in 1942 from Clark…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Change, Psychologists, Career Development
Editorial Commentary on the Special Section
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Primavera, Judy; Lorion, Raymond P.; Blank, Michael B. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
It is both an honor and fitting that the "Journal of Community Psychology" presents to the discipline a series of papers included within a symposium entitled "Seymour Sarason in Memorial: Prospects for Community and Social Change" at the Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action on June 18th, 2011, in Chicago Illinois. These papers…
Descriptors: Psychology, Social Change, Mentors, Recognition (Achievement)
A Tribute to Seymour B. Sarason: Social Action and Public Policy
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Reppucci, N. Dickon – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Seymour was a renaissance man: widely read in not only psychology but also anthropology, sociology, philosophy, economics, political science, and most especially history. Seymour taught the author the value of being historically informed, which has been an invaluable tool ever since. Seymour had a way of conceptualizing and reformulating whatever…
Descriptors: Social Action, Social Change, Social Problems, Public Policy
How Settings Change People: Applying Behavior Setting Theory to Consumer-Run Organizations
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Brown, Louis D.; Shepherd, Matthew D.; Wituk, Scott A.; Meissen, Greg – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
Self-help initiatives stand as a classic context for organizational studies in community psychology. Behavior setting theory stands as a classic conception of organizations and the environment. This study explores both, applying behavior setting theory to consumer-run organizations (CROs). Analysis of multiple data sets from all CROs in Kansas…
Descriptors: Self Help Programs, Organization Size (Groups), Leadership Role, Community Involvement
Community Organizations and Sense of Community: Further Development in Theory and Measurement
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Peterson, N. Andrew; Speer, Paul W.; Hughey, Joseph; Armstead, Theresa L.; Schneider, John E.; Sheffer, Megan A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
The Community Organization Sense of Community Scale (COSOC) is a frequently used or cited measure of the construct in community psychology and other disciplines, despite a lack of confirmation of its underlying 4-factor framework. Two studies were conducted to test the hypothesized structure of the COSOC, the potential effects of method bias on…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Factor Structure, Psychometrics, Community Organizations