Community Involvement Theoretical Approaches

The contributors to this special issue present an overview of the recent history and trends associated with community involvement, including definitions, goals, major movements, and examples of specific models. A special emphasis is given to service-learning programs and the factors that produce beneficial outcomes for all relevant constituencies. Presents an overview of the recent history and trends associated with community involvement, including definitions, goals, major movements, and examples of specific models. Includes discussions of the functions, processes, and theoretical underpinnings of community involvement and specific types of involvement such as community service, service-learning, and volunteerism. Highlights themes such as education, power relations, and motivation as they emerge from the discussion of community involvement.

Arthur A. Stukas holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He recently moved from the USA to Melbourne, Australia, to take up a lectureship in social psychology at La Trobe University's School of Psychological Science. Previously, he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado and as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His research interests focus on the personal and situational factors that underlie value-expression and goal-directed behavior, including such varied behaviors as volunteerism and community involvement, organ and tissue donation, principled stands against prejudice, and active disconfirmation of erroneous interpersonal expectations. He is a member of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, and the American Psychological Society.

Michelle R. Dunlap received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She is a social psychologist who specializes in social and personality development as an associate professor of human development at Connecticut College. She has served in various professional capacities with the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP), Campus Compact, the New England Psychological Association (NEPA), and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). She has written extensively about college students working in urban community settings, intergroup relations, and multicultural child-rearing issues. She is author of Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community Service, and co-editor of the forthcoming book, Charting a New Course for Feminist Psychology.

Introduction

Community Involvement: Theoretical Approaches and Educational Initiatives

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Arthur A. Stukas

Michelle R. Dunlap

THEORETICAL APPROACHES

Four Motives for Community Involvement

429

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C. Daniel Batson

Nadia Ahmad

Jo-Ann Tsang

Dispositional and Organizational Influences on Sustained Volunteerism: An Interactionist Perspective

447

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Louis A. Penner

Role as Resource for Action in Public Service

469

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Jane Allyn Piliavin

Jean A. Grube

Peter L. Callero

Inter-Group Helping Relations as Power Relations: Maintaining or Challenging Social Dominance Between Groups Through Helping

487

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Arie Nadler

EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES

Campus-Community Partnerships: The Terms of Engagement

503

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Robert G. Bringle

Julie A. Hatcher

Reflection: Linking Service and Learning---Linking Students and Communities

517

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Janet Eyler

Personal Identity and Civic Responsibility: ``Rising to the Occasion'' Narratives and Generativity in Community Action Student Interns

535

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Jefferson A. Singer

Laura A. King

Melanie C. Green

Sarah C. Barr

Designing Service-Learning to Empower Students and Community: Jackson Elementary Builds a Nature Study Center

557

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Carol M. Werner

Rose Voce

Kellie Gaufin Openshaw

Michael Simons

CONCLUSION

Community Involvement: Opportunities and Challenges in Socializing Adults to Participate in Society

581

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E. Gil Clary

Mark Snyder

2001 SPSSI PRESIDENTIAL AWARD ADDRESS

Introduction to the 2001 SPSSI Presidential Address

593

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John F. Dovidio

The Costs of Seeking Self-Esteem

597

Jennifer Crocker

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Community Involvement Theoretical Approaches and Educational Initiatives

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