Educational Sciences

This paper explores the role of relationships within and between the community of the researchers and the community of the research participants, as they relate to qualitative, community psychology research. Although relationships are salient to all research, their role is particularly prominent in qualitative research, in which a closer rapport is established between researcher and research participant than in quantitative research, and the impact of both sides of this interaction on the research process is acknowledged. Instead of merely looking at the community and relationships of the participants, the usual focus of research, this paper also explores the often-overlooked community and relationships of the researchers and then goes on to look at the impact on the research process of the interaction of these two separate communities. This inside story, while seldom explicitly explored or articulated, has implications for community research in general and particularly for applied research. KEY WORDS: community context; research relationship; qualitative; women's communities.

This study investigated changes in students' psychological sense of community (SOC) under two conditions of external threat against their urban, historically Black, public nonresidential university in a U.S. mid-Atlantic city. Two independent stratified random samples (N ϭ 801 and N ϭ 241) consisting of undergraduate and graduate women (61%) and men (39%)-predominantly of color-averaging 29 years of age completed the Sense of Community Index (SCI;. During the first assessment there was an external threat to the university community that was not present 20 months later during the second assessment. In this cross-sectional design, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed support for the hypothesis that SOC would be higher when a threat was present than when it was absent ( p , .01). © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. In the seminal work on sense of community~SOC!, Sarason~1974! theorized that SOC is dynamic, changing with events in a given community. He posited that SOC would increase when a community experiences tragedy or celebration and it would subside This research was made possible by the participation of university students, two research teams, faculty advisors, and university administration and professors.

The controversial state level block grant system Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) increased our need to under-Colleen Loomis is affiliated with the Center for Health Care Evaluation, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA and the stand what works in adult educational and employment training. Critical considerations for the design and implementation of an effective program were identified through a case study of a career and learning resource center for women: fostering relationships; an appropriate physical environment; a career-focused curriculum; psychosocial resources; a program culture with rules, rewards, and rituals; constancy of vision; mentors and role models; evaluating and valuing multiple outcomes; caring about people. These program characteristics facilitated women's transition to living wage jobs, as well as other meaningful successes.

Although comprehensive and ecological approaches to early childhood prevention are commonly advocated, there are few examples of long-term follow-up of such programs. In this Monograph, we investigate the medium-and long-term effects of an ecological communitybased prevention project for primary school children and families living in three economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Ontario, Canada. The Better Beginnings, Better Futures (BBBF) project is one of the most ambitious Canadian research projects on the long-term impacts of early childhood prevention programming to date. Bronfenbrenner s ecological model of human development informed program planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are those who spend part of their childhood in a culture other than their parents' home culture and often feel misunderstood and lack social support, both in their passport country and in the country of their parents' employment.