Welcome to the University of Illinois And The 10th Biennial SCRA Conference Welcome to the 10th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA). The theme of the 10th Biennial is Forty Years Post-Swampscott: Community Psychology in Global Perspective. This year’s Biennial provides us with a unique opportunity to review the history of community psychology from multiple vantage points and create a vision for the future of the field. With over 130 symposia, roundtables, innovative sessions, town meetings, and invited presentations as well as 170 poster presentations, this conference promises to be intellectually exciting. The Biennial is a place to share and explore your ideas, learn new approaches, and become reinvigorated with enthusiasm for your work. Attend one of the many concurrent sessions, community dialogues, and interest group meetings, take part in the visioning process, participate in mentoring activities, and socialize with your colleagues at the Opening Reception and the Saturday evening banquet. In all of these venues, we hope you will find the conference professionally rewarding. If you are a long-standing SCRA member, this Biennial provides a time to reconnect with colleagues and deepen collaborative relationships. If this is your first Biennial, please take the opportunity to develop new relationships and gather new ideas. Enjoy your time on the University of Illinois campus and do not hesitate to let us know if there is anything that you need throughout the conference. Sincerely, Mark Aber Conference Co-Chair Cliff O’Donnell Conference Co-Chair Table of Contents Welcome 1 Table of Contents 3 Co-Sponsors and Contributing Institutions 4 Biennial Planning Committees 5 Reviewers 6 The SCRA Mission and Goals 7 SCRA Committees 8 SCRA Interest Groups 9-10 General Conference Information 11 Champaign-Urbana Community Dialogues 12 Conference Overview 13 Conference Schedule 15-23 Full Program Including Abstracts 24-147 Author Index 148-154 Note Pages 155-161 Campus Map 162 Campus Map Legend 163 Contributing Institutions University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Psychology at UIUC Champaign-Urbana Convention and Visitors Bureau Conference Co-Sponsors The Society for Applied Anthropology Biennial Planning Committees Local Conference Planning Committee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chair Mark Aber Members Nicole Allen Cheryl Barber Eric Clausell Mariolga Reyes-Cruz Jacob Hess Benjamin Hildalgo Sharon Medlock Thom Moore Jorge Ramirez Julian Rappaport Valerie Werpetenski Conferences and Institutes Cheryl Barber James Onderdonk And staff University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign National Conference Planning Committee Co-chairs Mark Aber University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cliff O’Donnell University of Hawai’i Members Dina Birman University of Illinois at Chicago Meg Davis DePaul University Jean Hill New Mexico Highlands University Regina Day Langhout Wesleyan University Cécile Lardon University of Alaska-Fairbanks Mary Prieto-Bayard University of La Verne Cheryl Ramos University of Hawai’i-Hilo Mariolga Reyes Cruz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Emilie Phillips Smith Pennsylvania State University Hiro Yoshikawa New York University Program Committee Chair Nicole Allen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Members Mark Aber Julian Rappaport Jacob Hess Benjamin Hildalgo Mariolga Reyes Cruz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Conference Evaluation Team Meg Davis and students DePaul University Mentoring Events Coordinators Gloria Levin Community Activist, Washington, D.C. area Paul Flaspohler Miami University Kien Lee Association. for the Study and Development of Community Student Travel Award Committee Sawssan R. Ahmed Wayne State University Carrie Hanlin Vanderbilt University T-Shirt and Logo Design Jesse Knox University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignReviewers Mark Aber UIUC Nicole Allen UIUC Michael Armstrong Georgia State University Christina Ayala-Alcantar California State-Northridge Rhonda Boyd University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Jordan Braciszewski Wayne State University Stephen Brand University of Rhode Island Liesette Brunson University of Quebec at Montreal Jeffrey Charvat National Association of School Psychologists Christian Connell Yale School of Medicine Mary Ellen Dello Stritto Ball State University Joseph Durlak Loyola University Maurice Elias Rutgers University Jim Emshoff Georgia State University Marc Goldstein Central Connecticut State University Omar Guessous Georgia State University Kimberly Hall University of Illinois at Chicago Erin Hayes University of Illinois at Chicago Jean Hill New Mexico Highlands University Elizabeth Horin DePaul University Cheryl Hosley Wilder Research Center Richard Jenkins Center for Disease Control Ryan Kilmer University of North Carolina at Charlotte Bret Kloos University of South Carolina Gabriel Kuperminc Georgia State University Cecile Lardon University of Alaska Fairbanks Rhonda Lewis Wichita State University Marianna Litovich UMBC David Livert Penn State-Lehigh Valley David Lounsbury Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute Pamela Martin North Carolina State University Kenneth Maton UMBC Katherine McDonald University of Illinois at Chicago Gregory Meissen Wichita State University Mary Gloria Njoku DePaul University Clifford O’Donnell University of Hawaii Carlton Parks Alliant International University, Los Angeles Steven Pokorny DePaul University Julian Rappaport UIUC Richard Roberts Utah State University Chiara Sabina Loyola University, Chicago Jim Salt University of Delaware Irwin Sandler Arizona State University Michele Schlehofer Claremont Graduate University Catherine Stein Bowling Green State University Nghi Thai University of Hawaii at Maroa Elizabeth Thomas University of Washington Kelly Watt UIUC Susan Wolfe U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Richard Wolitski Center for Disease Control M. Scott Young University of South Florida The SCRA Mission The Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), Division 27 of the American Psychological Association, is an international organization devoted to advancing theory, research, and social action. Its members are committed to promoting health and empower- ment and to preventing problems in communities, groups, and individuals. Four broad principles guide SCRA: 1) Community research and action requires explicit attention to and respect for diversity among peoples and settings; 2) Human competencies and problems are best understood by viewing people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts; 3) Community research and action is an active collaboration among teachers, practi- tioners, and community members that uses multiple methodologies; 4) Change strategies are needed at multiple levels in order to foster settings that promote competence and well-being. We welcome all who share these values. SCRA’s Goals • To promote the use of social and behavioral science to enhance the well-being of people and their communities and to prevent harmful outcomes; • To promote theory development and research that increase our understanding of human behavior in context; • To encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills in community research and action among those in academic and applied settings. • To engage in action, research, and practice committed to liberating oppressed people and respecting all cultures; • To promote the development of careers in community research and action in both academic and applied settings. For more information contact: SCRA 1800 Canyon Park Circle Building 4, Suite 403 Edmond, OK 73013 Phone: 405-341-4960 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.apa.org/divisions/div27/ SCRA Committees Executive Committee 2004-2005 President Clifford O’Donnell University of Hawai’i Past President Paul A. Toro Wayne State University President-Elect Ana Mari Cauce University of Washington Treasurer Joseph Durlak Loyola University of Chicago Secretary Sarah Cook Georgia State University APA Council Representative Ken Maton University of Maryland Baltimore County Members-At-Large Robin Miller Michigan State University Hiro Yoshikawa New York University Bianca L. Guzman CHOICES, La Puente, CA Regional Network Coordinator Gary Harper DePaul University Student Representatives Sawssan Ahmed Wayne State University Jacquelyn Brown University of Hawai’i Standing Committees APA 2005 Program Committee Bradley Olson DePaul University Committee on Women Mary Ellen Dello Stritto Ball State University Cultural and Racial Affairs Emilie Smith Pennsylvania State University Dissertation Award Meg Davis DePaul University Fellowship Paul Toro Wayne State University International Toshiaki Sasao International Christian University Tokyo, Japan Linkages Eric Mankowski Portland State University Membership Robin Miller Michigan State University Nominations Meg Davis DePaul University Publications Dina Birman University of Illinois Chicago Social Policy Preston Britner University of Connecticut SCRA Interest Groups Aging Interest Group Margaret M. Hastings, Chair The Aging interest group focuses on the productive role of aging in the community and the prevention of mental health problems in the elderly. Children and Youth Interest Group The Children and Youth interest group facilitates the interests of child and adolescent development in high risk contexts, especially the effect of urban poverty and community structures on child and family development. Committee on Cultural and Racial Affairs Emilie Phillips