Measuring community social organization: Sense of community as a mediator in social disorganization theory

Cantillon, Dan; Davidson, William S.; Schweitzer, John H.

doi:10.1016/s0047-2352(03)00026-6

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“…The sense of community (SOC) scale included four items. Three of the items measured social relations (e.g., "I feel that it is easy to approach my neighbours if I needed help") and one identification with the residential area ("given the opportunity, I would like to move out of this neighbourhood") (Buckner, 1988;Cantillon, Davidson & Schweitzer, 2003;Chipuer & Pretty, 1999;Kim & Kaplan, 2004).…”

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Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places

Korpela

Ylén

Tyrväinen³

et al. 2008

Health & Place

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Section: Scales Used As Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places

Korpela

Ylén

Tyrväinen³

et al. 2008

Health & Place

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“…Given that NSCSP (Cantillon et al, 2003;Sun et al, 2004) have been found to be associated with parental and family well-being (Cuellar et al, 2015;Leventhal & Brooks-Gunn, 2000;Tolan et al, 2003) and consequently children and adolescents' developmental outcomes (Booth et al, 2012;Caughy et al, 2012;Kohen et al, 2008;Vieno et al, 2010), several research questions are investigated:…”

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“…The systemic view of social disorganization (Bursik & Grasmick, 1996) has suggested that different forms of weakened social control serve as a mediator between neighborhood disorganization and youth development. Cantillon, Davidson and Schweitzer (2003), using a systemic model of social disorganization, reported that a sense of community (a feeling of belongingness, that one matters, and shared faith of one's needs being met) mediated the effects of neighborhood disadvantage on adolescent outcomes.…”

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Perceptions of Neighborhood Characteristics and the Perceived Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes of U.S. Children and Adolescents

Ashiabi

2018

IJCYFS

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Data from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health were used to examine a model of the ways in which neighborhood structural characteristics and social processes (NSCSP) impact children's (age = 6-11; N = 27,752) and adolescents ' (age = 12-17; N = 36,233) social adjustment and school engagement via parenting and family processes (i.e., parent-child interactions).The questions investigated were: how are distinct aspects of NSCSP associated with parental stress and well-being, and with youth social adjustment and school engagement? Are parental stress and well-being linked with family processes, and are family processes predictive of youth social adjustment and school engagement? Finally, does age moderate the associations linking NSCSP to developmental outcomes via parenting stress and well-being and family processes? Results from a multigroup structural equation model supported the general nature of hypothesized relationships: distinct aspects of NSCSP were differentially predictive of children and adolescents' social adjustment and school engagement. Furthermore, the direct effects of NSCSP were mediated (some partially and others completely) by parenting stress and well-being and family processes. Finally, age moderated the effects of social cohesion on both social adjustment and school engagement; as well, age moderated the effects of parenting stress and well-being on family processes, and on the effects of family processes on social adjustment and school engagement.

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“…When literature is examined, it is seen that there is a different conceptual frame for the sense of community and that there are many measuring instruments (Bishop, Chertok and Jason, 1997;Buckner, 1988;Cantillon, Davidson and Schweitzer, 2003;Glynn, 1981;Hughey, 1999;Long and Perkins, 2003). But it is seen that sense of community makes a reference to psychological sense of community and grounds on McMillan and Chavis' (1986) sense of community model.…”

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The Adaptation of Scale of School as a Caring Community Profile for Secondary School Students into Turkish: Adaptation of School as a Caring Community Scale

Çınkır¹,

Nayir²,

Çetin³

2016

IJHE

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Schools are social organizations where children came together from different cultures. Creating sense of community is important for schools for the formation of social culture. In schools where sense of community is formed, it is observed that students treat each other with respect, are caring and sharing and have high academic success, and rates for grade repetition and dropping out are low. The purpose of this study is to adapt The Scale of School as a Caring Community Profile into Turkish and perform validity and reliability analyses. The study group of this research conducted consists of 478 secondary school students from public primary education schools in Ankara city center during the 2011-2012 academic year. Selection of study group is predicated on two criteria (analysis unit), the school type (public secondary school) and the districts where schools are located. Turkish translation of Lickona and Davidson's (2003) "School as a Caring Community Profile" scale is used as a data-gathering tool. Validity of language was screened in the first section of the research and was followed by receiving expert opinion on content validity. The scale was applied to 478 students after the first section was completed. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to confirm whether or not the scale's three-factor structure forms a valid structure. Based on the findings the scale has high construct validity and reliability coefficients.

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Measuring community social organization: Sense of community as a mediator in social disorganization theory

Cited by 80 publications

References 68 publications

Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places

Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places

Perceptions of Neighborhood Characteristics and the Perceived Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes of U.S. Children and Adolescents

The Adaptation of Scale of School as a Caring Community Profile for Secondary School Students into Turkish: Adaptation of School as a Caring Community Scale

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