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- Title
The Dissemination Challenge: Practical solutions to make a difference.
- Authors
Geller, E. Scott
- Abstract
Every researcher, scholar, and teacher of psychological science has likely perceived critical gaps between the science of human experience and particular information circulated widely to benefit human welfare or psychological health. In other words, so-called "pop psychology" is often invalid or incomplete, and could be more accurate or complete, and thus make a greater positive difference in human well-being and/or life satisfaction. This issue reflects the "dissemination challenge" addressed in this article, which provides select practical strategies for improving the beneficial impact of interventions developed and marketed to benefit human dynamics in various real-world situations—from education/training and community policing to occupational safety and health. The author refers to select personal experiences throughout his 52-year career as a university teacher and researcher of psychological science and as a practitioner for occupational safety and health to not only explicate critical disconnects between successful consultants and most academics, but also to illustrate how the large-scale dissemination of psychological science for human welfare could benefit from synergetic collaboration between these two professions. While consultants know how to attract attention from organizational or community leaders and/or the general public regarding an intervention process or treatment they offer for valuable impact, academic researchers and scholars know how to intervene most effectively for optimal results. Thus, human welfare would benefit substantially from symbiotic teaching/learning collaborations between academic researchers who know the science of intervention and consultants who know how to "capture the market." Unfortunately, such fruitful cooperation is unlikely, as this article elucidates.
- Subjects
LIFE satisfaction; COLLEGE teachers; OCCUPATIONAL science; COMMUNITY policing; WELL-being; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Behavior & Social Issues, 2022, Vol 31, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1064-9506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s42822-022-00110-5