美國(guó)社區(qū)心理學(xué)雜志發(fā)表原始的定量、定性和混合方法研究;理論的論文;實(shí)證評(píng)價(jià);創(chuàng)新社區(qū)計(jì)劃或政策的報(bào)告;以及參與研究、項(xiàng)目或政策的利益相關(guān)者的第一人稱賬戶。該雜志鼓勵(lì)提交創(chuàng)新的多層次研究和干預(yù)措施，并鼓勵(lì)國(guó)際提交。《日刊》還鼓勵(lì)提交有關(guān)人口代表性不足和人類多樣性問題的稿件。《美國(guó)社區(qū)心理學(xué)雜志》發(fā)表關(guān)于創(chuàng)新干預(yù)的研究、理論和描述，涉及范圍廣泛，包括但不限于:個(gè)人、家庭、同伴和社區(qū)心理健康、身體健康和物質(zhì)使用;健康和福祉的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)和保護(hù)因素;教育、法律和工作環(huán)境過(guò)程、政策和機(jī)會(huì);社會(huì)生態(tài)方法，包括個(gè)體家庭、同伴、機(jī)構(gòu)、社區(qū)和社區(qū)過(guò)程的相互作用;社會(huì)福利、社會(huì)正義和人權(quán);社會(huì)問題與社會(huì)變遷;計(jì)劃、系統(tǒng)和政策評(píng)估;了解人們的社會(huì)、文化、經(jīng)濟(jì)、地理和歷史背景。歡迎在以下領(lǐng)域作出貢獻(xiàn):預(yù)防生活問題和預(yù)防行為健康障礙;促進(jìn)能力、適應(yīng)力、福祉和健康;社區(qū)干預(yù)措施的設(shè)計(jì)、實(shí)施和評(píng)估;自助互助;賦予個(gè)人、團(tuán)體、社區(qū)以及歷史上被剝奪權(quán)利的團(tuán)體權(quán)力;集體的社會(huì)行動(dòng);壓迫與人類解放;社會(huì)網(wǎng)絡(luò)分析與動(dòng)員;倡導(dǎo)和組建聯(lián)盟;社區(qū)組織;組織發(fā)展、社區(qū)發(fā)展和機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)展;咨詢和技術(shù)援助;社區(qū)教育;專業(yè)培訓(xùn);社會(huì)變革和體制改革;以及基于社區(qū)的參與性研究、協(xié)作性研究和跨學(xué)科研究。《美國(guó)社區(qū)心理學(xué)雜志》是美國(guó)心理學(xué)協(xié)會(huì)社區(qū)研究與行動(dòng)協(xié)會(huì)社區(qū)心理學(xué)分會(huì)的出版物。

The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first person accounts of stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy. The journal encourages submissions of innovative multi-level research and interventions, and encourages international submissions. The journal also encourages the submission of manuscripts concerned with underrepresented populations and issues of human diversity.The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: individual, family, peer, and community mental health, physical health, and substance use; risk and protective factors for health and well being; educational, legal, and work environment processes, policies, and opportunities; social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes; social welfare, social justice, and human rights; social problems and social change; program, system, and policy evaluations; and, understanding people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts.Contributions are welcome in such as areas as: the prevention of problems in living and the prevention of behavioral health disorders; the promotion of competence, resilience, well-being, and health; the design, implementation, and evaluation of community-based interventions; self- and mutual help; the empowerment of individuals, groups, and communities as well as historically disenfranchised groups; collective social action; oppression and human liberation; social network analysis and mobilization; advocacy and coalition-building; community organizing; organizational development, community development, and institutional development; consultation and technical assistance; community education; professional training; social change and systems reform; and community-based participatory research, collaborative research, and interdisciplinary research.The American Journal of Community Psychology is a publication of the Society for Community Research and Action: The Division of Community Psychology of the American Psychological Association.