Roger N Reeb, Greg Elvers, Charles A Hunt, Tia N Turner, Thomas N Ballas, Christine N Farmer, Katey Gibbins, Zachary S Glendening, Rebecca Kinsey, Bernadette D Latuch, Chelsey N Parker, Nyssa L Snow-Hill, Jennifer L Zicka, David Bohardt, Robert Andrews
The article reports empirical outcomes of an ongoing transdisciplinary participatory community action research project that implements behavioral activation in homeless shelters. The overall goal of this Project is twofold: (1) to improve psychosocial functioning of shelter residents and enhance their opportunities to overcome homelessness; and (2) to enhance civic development of service-learning students who assist in Project implementation. Two studies are reported, representing these goals. Study 1 found that residents of a men's shelter (n = 892), women's shelter (n = 433), and transitional housing (n = 40) perceived behavioral activation sessions as immediately beneficial (i...
March 12, 2024: Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community