美國社區(qū)心理學雜志發(fā)表原始的定量、定性和混合方法研究;理論的論文;實證評價;創(chuàng)新社區(qū)計劃或政策的報告;以及參與研究、項目或政策的利益相關(guān)者的第一人稱賬戶。該雜志鼓勵提交創(chuàng)新的多層次研究和干預措施，并鼓勵國際提交。《日刊》還鼓勵提交有關(guān)人口代表性不足和人類多樣性問題的稿件?！睹绹鐓^(qū)心理學雜志》發(fā)表關(guān)于創(chuàng)新干預的研究、理論和描述，涉及范圍廣泛，包括但不限于:個人、家庭、同伴和社區(qū)心理健康、身體健康和物質(zhì)使用;健康和福祉的風險和保護因素;教育、法律和工作環(huán)境過程、政策和機會;社會生態(tài)方法，包括個體家庭、同伴、機構(gòu)、社區(qū)和社區(qū)過程的相互作用;社會福利、社會正義和人權(quán);社會問題與社會變遷;計劃、系統(tǒng)和政策評估;了解人們的社會、文化、經(jīng)濟、地理和歷史背景。歡迎在以下領(lǐng)域作出貢獻:預防生活問題和預防行為健康障礙;促進能力、適應(yīng)力、福祉和健康;社區(qū)干預措施的設(shè)計、實施和評估;自助互助;賦予個人、團體、社區(qū)以及歷史上被剝奪權(quán)利的團體權(quán)力;集體的社會行動;壓迫與人類解放;社會網(wǎng)絡(luò)分析與動員;倡導和組建聯(lián)盟;社區(qū)組織;組織發(fā)展、社區(qū)發(fā)展和機構(gòu)發(fā)展;咨詢和技術(shù)援助;社區(qū)教育;專業(yè)培訓;社會變革和體制改革;以及基于社區(qū)的參與性研究、協(xié)作性研究和跨學科研究?！睹绹鐓^(qū)心理學雜志》是美國心理學協(xié)會社區(qū)研究與行動協(xié)會社區(qū)心理學分會的出版物。

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.