Call for Papers

List of Special Issues and Call for Papers

1. Technology and Innovation in Community Psychosocial Well-Being

2. Sustainable Community Interventions

3. Youth Empowerment and Positive Development

4. Autism in the Context of Community Psychosocial Research

Process of Submissions for Special Issues:

  • Authors submit a 200-250 word abstract with keywords to jcpr@nwu.ac.za for initial screening.

  • After potential approval of the abstract by Special Issue Editors, authors receive the deadline for submitting full manuscripts.

  • Full manuscripts undergo peer review by at least two independent reviewers.

  • Special Issue Editors evaluate reviewed manuscripts. Authors receive recommendations or revisions based on reviewers' feedback; final publication decision rests with the editorial board.

  • Upon acceptance, authors approve the final galley proof, make payment, and sign a Creative Commons License 4.0.

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1. Special Issue: Technology and Innovation in Community Psychosocial Well-Being

For more information: Special Issue Call


Issue Editor: Associate Professor Caroll Hermann

Caroll Hermann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Psychosocial Health in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Nort-West University, Mahikeng campus.  Professor Hermann obtained her Bachelor in Psychology in 2007, Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology in 2009 and her doctoral thesis (Integral ecopsychological investigation of bonsai principles, meaning and healing) in 2015 at the University of Zululand.

She worked as a Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Health from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, she was appointed as lecturer at the University of Zululand until 2022 when she accepted a position as Associate Professor at the Nort-West University Mahikeng campus. She is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Clinical Psychologist.

Prof Hermann has successfully supervised and co-supervised several Master’s and PhD studies. She has published several papers in accredited academic journals and has presented at national and international conferences. She has served on the editorial board for PsyCH Journal and is on the review board of national and international journals. She is currently busy registering a large interfaculty project on social media and mental health studies. She is actively involved in community engagement and views social media as part of the greater global community.

Issue Editor: Associate Eugene Lee Davids

Eugene Lee Davids is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria and an Extraordinary Professor at North-West University’s Opentia Research Unit. Eugene has a Bachelor of Psychology degree, a master’s and doctoral degree in Child and Family Studies from the University of the Western Cape as well as a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Cape Town. Eugene is a Y-rated NRF researcher with a focus on adolescent and emerging adult health and well-being. Some of his more recent work has examined the impacts of climate change on the health and well-being of emerging adults.

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2. Special Issue: Sustainable Community Interventions

For more information: Special Issue Call

Issue Editor: Associate Professor Elmien Crofford

E Crofford, Associate Professor: Social Work, Subject Group Social Work, School of Psychosocial Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus. Professor Crofford obtained her Baccalaureus in Social Work in 2007 at Stellenbosch University and completed a master’s degree in social work, with speciality in forensic practice at the North-West University Potchefstroom campus in 2011. In 2014, she obtained a PhD in Social Work (South African social workers at risk: Exploring pathways to their resilience) from the North-West University Vanderbijlpark campus.

She qualified as a social worker in 2007 and practiced as a designated social worker for SAVF and Child Welfare Potchefstroom (2008-2009), after which she worked for Child Welfare Lutzville (West coast) (2009-2010) where she was a designated social worker and the office manager. Hereafter she did one-year full time PhD (2014), followed by my appointment as area manager in Child Welfare SA Northern Cape (2012). I was appointed lecturer at NWU VTC in 2013 and have ever since worked at the NWU VTC as a lecturer but continued my practice as a designated/child protection social worker, part time, for Child Welfare SA Vanderbijlpark. In 2020 the website, The Cave, was launched for child protection social workers in SA, of which she is the founder: www.thecave.africa and in 2020 attained her Y rating from the NRF. In 2021 she was promoted to Associate Professor in the Subject Group, Social Work. Professor Crofford is a registered social worker at the South African Council for Social Service Professionals (SACSSP no 10-25832).

She is involved in her own post doc research project which broadly relates to improving the child protection system in South Africa; and have successfully supervised and co-supervised Master's and PhD students. She has published several papers in accredited international and national academic journals and presentedresearch at several national and international conferences over the last 10 years. She was recently appointed the research co-ordinator of NWU COMPRES on the Vanderbijlpark campus, and serves on the editorial board of Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal since 2017, Maatskaplike Werk/ Social Work since 2021 and JCPR since 2022.

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3. Special Issue: Youth Empowerment and Positive Development

For more information: Special Issue Call

Youth Empowerment and Positive Development

 

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4. Autism in the Context of Community Psychosocial Research

For more information: Special Issue Call

Autism and Communities