American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2000 Searching for Feminism: An Analysis of Community Psychology Literature Relevant to Women’s Concerns 1,2 Holly L. Angelique 3 The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg Marci R. Culley University of Missouri, Kansas City Articles published in both the American Journal of Community Psychology and Journal of Community Psychology, from their inception in 1973 through 1997, were content analyzed for women relevance, diversity, feminism, and historical change. Overall, 9.8% of the articles reviewed ( N = 2,178) were considered women relevant, 4% recognized diversity among women, and 3% were considered feminist. There was an average yearly increase in women- relevant and feminist articles from 7.3 pre-1990 to 11.2 post-1990, and 1.6 pre-1990 to 4.6 post-1990, respectively. Overall, mental health and mother- hood were the most addressed content areas. Among feminist articles, gender roles and violence against women were most salient. Race and SES were the most noted issues of diversity in both women-relevant and feminist articles. While an increase in feminist publications by both journals is promising, stereotypes of women and other oppressed groups continue to be perpetuated. KEY WORDS: feminism; diversity; content analysis; women. For many feminists, community psychology has provided a guiding frame- work from which to conduct scholarly work. Community psychology is 1 Authorship in this paper is alphabetical; the authors’ contributions are equal and inseparable. 2 We wish to thank three anonymous reviewers and the editors of this special issue for their helpful comments and guidance on this paper. 3 To whom should be addressed at School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State, Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057. 793 0091-0562/00/1200-0793$18.00/0  2000 Plenum Publishing Corporation