Welcome to the Journal of Rural Community Psychology (JRCP).  JRCP is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published in electronic form by Marshall University, in Huntington, West Virginia. This journal is devoted to the dissemination of information related to the sociological, psychological and mental health issues in rural and small community settings.

This journal is presently available without charge and no subscription is required. Comments from readers are, however, greatly appreciated and should be emailed to Pamela Mulder, Ph.D., the Supervising Editor (mulder@marshall.edu).

Readers are allowed to access any and all available articles and to download and print. Readers are welcomed to employ quotes of a reasonable length from any article published here provided the appropriate citations are always used giving full credit to the author(s) and to the journal.  For additional information, please see "Publication and Copyright Policies" below.

If you have a paper which you would like to have considered for publication, please read the guidelines for submission. Comments, suggestions and feedback are also solicited. Your input is welcomed.

Thanks, and we hope to hear from you soon.

Pamela L. Mulder, Ph.D.

© 2008 Journal of Rural Community Psychology

Last Revision: September, 2008