The Listening Partners Program

An Initiative Toward Feminist Community Psychology in Action

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11054818
AutoresLynne A Bond (The University of Vermont Burlington Vermont), Mary Field Belenky (The University of Vermont Burlington Vermont), Jacqueline S Weinstock (The University of Vermont Burlington Vermont)
Ano2000
Volume28
Fascículo5
Páginas697-730
Data de publicação2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1023/a:1005149821279
PMID11043111
OpenAlexW166932939
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas65

The Listening Partners intervention is described and analyzed as a synthesis of feminism and community psychology, within a developmental framework. Working from an empowerment perspective, this social action, peer group intervention supported a community of poor, rural, isolated, young, White mothers to gain a greater voice, claim the powers of their minds, and collaborate in developmental leadership—creating settings that promote their own development and that of their families, peers, and communities. High quality dialogue, individual and group narrative, and collaborative problem‐solving were emphasized, in a feminist context affirming diversity, inclusiveness, strengths, social‐contextual analyses, and social constructivist perspectives. The power of enacting a synergy of feminism and community psychology is highlighted

Active listening · Community psychology · Context (archaeology) · Empowerment · Feminism · Health psychology · Narrative · Participatory action research · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychotherapist · Public health · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Community Health and Development · Gender Studies · Health Policy Implementation Science · Psychology · Social Psychology