Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Social settings and social processes
  • The domestic context / Jim Orford
  • Socialization for problem resistance / Martin Herbert
  • The personal context : intimate relationships / Steve Duck
  • Self-perception, perception of others, and social personality / Mark Cook
  • Interaction skills and social competence / Michael Argyle
  • Life stresses and psychological consequences / Raymond Cochrane and Michael Sobol
  • Part II. Social problems and community intervention
  • The making and control of offenders / Philip Feldman
  • Handicap / William Yule
  • The treatment of social difficulties in special environments / Geoff Shepherd
  • Environmental design and the prevention of psychological problems / Clifford R. O'Donnell
  • The community context / Emory L. Cowen
  • Communication and social influence processes / William J. McGuire
  • Overview and implications : towards an applied social and community psychology / Jim Orford and Philip Feldman.