Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology最新文献

Collective agency refers to a group's perceived ability to come together, establish common goals or shared interests and take action to attain those goals/interests. Given the absence of rigorously developed scales available to measure the social construct, the aim of this study was to clarify the conceptualization of collective agency and to identify both long and short scales that actors can employ to measure collective agency. Using a rigorous approach that was informed by a conceptual framework and combined factor analysis and item-response theory methods, we analyzed cross-sectional data from participants of Farmer Organizations in Nigeria to assess measurement properties of survey items designed to operationalise group-related collective agency. Results of the factor analyses demonstrated good model fit. After identifying a valid group-related collective agency scale (GCAS-23), we identified a 12-item short form scale (GCAS-12). We recommend the use of these scales to inform the design, monitoring and evaluation of health and development programs expected to affect collective agency and to enhance measurement of the ‘power with’ dimension of empowerment. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article’s Community and Social Impact Statement.

The objective of this study is to investigate the transformative role of experiential learning in sustainable fashion education, with a particular focus on cultural sustainability. We examine how an immersive learning experience impacts young Chinese designers' understanding of cultural preservation and sustainable design practices. Eight participants took part in a 10-day immersive program in Kyrgyzstan, engaging in traditional craft practices and local cultural activities while maintaining a daily journal throughout the program. Reflective thematic analysis of the journals identified three core themes: (1) expanding the role of designers from product creators to cultural custodians; (2) fusing tradition and innovation for cultural and sustainable impact and (3) redefining the designer's role in community development, transitioning from observers to advocates. Experiential learning was found to enhance students' ecological and cultural awareness, social responsibility and respect for traditional practices. Additionally, the program also benefits local communities by raising awareness of the value of cultural heritage and creating opportunities for dialogue between designers and local artisans. Post-program tracking revealed that all participants incorporated Central Asian traditional elements into commercial collections within 2 years. Among them, four participants won international design awards and showcased their fashion works at five national or international exhibitions, demonstrating the program's lasting impact. These findings underline the value of integrating experiential methodologies into sustainable fashion education, offering insights for addressing cultural and environmental challenges while empowering designers.

People employ various tactics to realign deviant members to their ingroup's norms. While sometimes people react to deviance by re-teaching ingroup norms, other situations call for people to punish the deviant. However, no researchers have dissected what types of ingroup deviations produce different realignment tactics. We examined whether incompetent, unsociable and immoral deviants elicited different realignment tactics. Across four studies (N_Total = 1211), we manipulated the type of deviance (incompetent, unsociable, immoral) before measuring people's support of realignment tactics (re-socialisation, interpersonal punishment, institutional punishment). Four experiments consistently showed that people had more support for interpersonally and institutionally punishing immoral ingroup deviants compared to unsociable deviants. Studies 2, 3 and 4 congruently revealed that people supported re-socialising the incompetent deviant more than the unsociable deviant. Moreover, results showed that ingroup deviants' membership status (Study 3) and whether the organisation where the deviants work prioritises sociability or competence (Study 4) did not moderate these effects. These findings suggest that group members implement different realignment tactics based on the type of deviance committed.

This research aims to investigate what motivates members of advantaged groups to join collective action efforts aimed at reducing discrimination, as understanding this motivation is crucial for designing effective interventions and campaigns that aim to mobilise these groups in the fight against discrimination. Across three studies conducted in Germany (N_{Study 1} = 326; N_{Study 2} = 136) and the UK (N_{Study 3} = 184), we investigated the psychological mechanisms linking moral conviction to collective action intention among members of advantaged groups. Each study focused on a distinct social issue: xenophobia, sexism, and racism. Specifically, we examined the mediating roles of different types of politicised identification (solidarity-based and opinion-based), perceived collective efficacy, and perceived closeness with discriminated groups. Results consistently showed that solidarity-based identification was a stronger and more reliable predictor of collective action intention than collective efficacy, closeness with discriminated individuals, or opinion-based identification. By focusing on solidarity-based identification, social movements can better harness the potential of these groups to contribute to meaningful social change, thereby enhancing the overall effectiveness of efforts to combat xenophobia, sexism, and racism.

Liberals and conservatives typically differ in their support for immigration even if there has been a recent trend of left-wing voters supporting right-wing immigration policies. We examined if and when liberals with a need for cognitive closure (NCC), or the desire for stable and certain knowledge, can be similar to the right-wing in their attitudes towards immigration. In three studies (Total N = 858) in which the NCC was either measured or experimentally induced, we found that liberals with high NCC endorsed moral norms pertaining to the maintenance of groups and were more likely to have negative attitudes towards immigrants, but this effect only held under primed threat-related uncertainty. No difference was found for conservatives between high or low NCC. This is consistent with the conservative shift hypothesis that argues that both liberals and conservatives can shift towards the right in response to threat. Implications for the conservative shift and the alternative entrenching hypothesis are discussed.

Culinary education appears to have psychosocial benefits among children and adults; however, this remains unclear among adolescents. This review aimed to synthesise evidence examining the impact of culinary education on adolescents' psychosocial wellbeing. A literature search was conducted in six databases to identify articles published in 2005–2025 in English, using search terms related to culinary education, psychosocial wellbeing, and adolescents. Included articles examined the impact of culinary education programs on psychological and/or social wellbeing of adolescents aged 10–19 years. From 1783 articles, 84 were screened in full text. Six articles from New Zealand (n = 3), Denmark (n = 1), Germany (n = 1), and the United States (n = 1) were included. The duration of culinary education ranged from a single day to six weeks. Five of the six (83.3%) school and/or community-based culinary education programs showed short-term improvements in adolescents' psychological and/or social wellbeing through enhanced relatedness and social identity formation. The quality of included studies was generally moderate, limited by small sample sizes and study designs that may introduce bias. In conclusion, culinary education may support adolescents' psychosocial wellbeing in the short term, though the evidence base is limited. Further rigorous research is needed to clarify the underlying mechanisms and evaluate long-term effectiveness to inform future initiatives.