title: Cultivating Community Psychology for Future Generations: Symbiosis, Synergy, and Separation.
abstract: As we near the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of a community psychology division of the American Psychological Association, there are reasons to be concerned about the sustainability of the field. This commentary proposes a need for deliberate, systematic efforts to cultivate settings that can sustain the field. A framework for outreach to build symbiotic relationships and synergistic collaborations with persons who do not identify as community psychologists is proposed. Simultaneously, a strategy of separation from other disciplines may be needed in some circumstances to conserve settings that sustain the field. Finding a balance in these strategies is necessary to cultivate community psychology for future generations.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Bret
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kloos
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D002170:Canada; D002321:Career Choice; D005544:Forecasting; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D011593:Psychology, Social / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D012924:Social Conditions; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000639:trends; D013559:Symbiosis; D014481:United States
keywords: Community psychology; Community psychology training; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Practice; Research