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Understanding environments: the key to improving social processes and program outcomes

R H Moos1

  • 1Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.

American Journal of Community Psychology
|February 1, 1996
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This research explores environmental factors in community psychology, examining how to conceptualize, understand dynamics, link to outcomes, and use this information for monitoring and improvement.

Area of Science:

  • Community Psychology
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Research on environmental units like treatment programs and communities is diverse.
  • Methodologies include participant appraisals, observer ratings, archives, and direct observation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss four key issues in environmental research.
  • To enhance understanding of environmental factors and their influence.
  • To inform strategies for monitoring and improving environmental interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of contributions to a Special Issue.
  • Integration of the author's own research.
  • Discussion of conceptualization, dynamics, process-outcome links, and application.

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Main Results:

  • Identified challenges in conceptualizing environmental domains and dimensions.
  • Highlighted the complexity of environmental dynamics within and across settings.
  • Explored the processes linking environmental factors to outcomes, noting influence power and evanescence.

Conclusions:

  • Increased knowledge in environmental conceptualization, dynamics, and process-outcome links is crucial.
  • Understanding environmental influence is key to improving intervention program outcomes.
  • This work supports the community psychology aim of understanding social processes and enhancing interventions.