Journal of Social Science Research Vol 14 (2019) ISSN: 2321-1091 https://cirworld.com/index.php/jssr 3331 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v14i0.8415 Community Psychology Perspective on Ecological Issues: Based on Psychological Intervention Aida Mehrad Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology mehrad.aida@gmail.com Abstract The purpose of the current literature review is to clarify the important role of community psychology regarding ecological issues and illustrated its critical function based on psychological intervention. The results of this investigation explained that community psychology, as one of the essential fields of psychology, has substantial involvement on ecological issues and it can examine these issues based on psychological intervention. In truth, these ecological issues that some of them explained in this study (child maltreatment, drug addiction, school dropping out, and teen pregnancy) have been examined based on the psychological aspect for finding best solution way from the side of expert psychologists and counselors. Consequently, this research focused on teenagers that face with community issue via different ways, and should be considered by parents, schools, society, and government in every community and country; otherwise, it will appear any inconvenient behaviors and reactions amongst teenagers. Keywords: Child Maltreatment, Community Psychology, Drug Addiction, Ecological Factors, School Dropping Out, Society, Teen Pregnancy Introduction One of the imperative approaches in the psychological area is community psychology which referred to individuals’ contexts within communities and their communication with other people in society. Truly, in the community psychology tries to find the quality of individuals’ life, and study individuals’ behavior and reactions in their social life spatially at an unsatisfactory situation (Long & Perkins, 2007). Furthermore, community psychology assumed as a branch discipline within psychology which explained how individuals related to the society and illustrate various behaviors and reactions at the environment (Goodkind & LaNoue, 2012). In most of the time, community psychology studies on abnormal and violent behavior which occur in society, and it has intervention and prevention for that social system. Community psychology has some similarities with other fields in psychology. These fields are cross-cultural psychology, sociology, and social psychology. But in some cases, the concept or view of these fields about one issue is different. One of the main items that make unique community psychology toward another field is, deeply focuses on solving a problem and improving individuals’ lifestyles and society as a normal form. However, each of these fields’ surveys individuals’ situations in various forms (Lee, 2012; Allen, Larsen, Trotter, & Sullivan, 2013). In actual fact, community psychology focuses on any kind of normal or abnormal behavior and actions which appear in society and try to solve or guide the community in an accurate way. And usually, it focuses on to problem in deductive form and solves them in totally form (Campbell, & Murray, 2004; Howarth, 2007). This field of psychology does attention to society generally by interventions and preventions on the social system. Therefore, encourage community for improving and well-being (Graham, & Haidt, 2010). Community psychology has been defined as the main link between individuals and various groups in society. This branch of psychology refers to individuals, their attitudes, believes, and performances within a social context. In actual fact, community psychology mentions about a background view of individuals and their psychology. In contrast, it investigates about individuals; kind of their living, their relationship with others, their perception about society