Psychological Sense of Community Responsibility and Diversity in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in India

Bahl, Nina Kavita Heggen; Hagen, Ingunn

doi:10.4236/jss.2017.57024

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“…Their findings are consistent not only with the four dimensions (i.e., needs fulfillment, group membership, influence, and shared emotional connection) in McMillan and Chavis’ () theory, but respondents emphasized the importance of responsibility to the community, thus lending support to Nowell and Boyd's () conception of SOC‐R. Bahl and Hagen () suggested this finding mirrors the values of collectivism salient in Indian culture, and reflects the context‐sensitive nature of the SOC‐R construct. In their mixed‐methods study, Lowe, Stanley, and Stanley () interviewed bus operators about their interactions with their community and found that people expressed feelings of duty and responsibility toward their community.…”

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“…Since Nowell and Boyd () first conceptualized SOC‐R, a number of qualitative and quantitative studies have further explored and empirically tested the construct. In a qualitative study, Bahl and Hagen () examined the meaning of sense of community among a small sample of older adults in India. Their findings are consistent not only with the four dimensions (i.e., needs fulfillment, group membership, influence, and shared emotional connection) in McMillan and Chavis’ () theory, but respondents emphasized the importance of responsibility to the community, thus lending support to Nowell and Boyd's () conception of SOC‐R.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Measuring Sense of Community Responsibility in Community‐Based Prevention Coalitions: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Treitler

Peterson

Howell

et al. 2018

American J of Comm Psychol

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Research on sense of community (SOC) has traditionally been approached from a resource perspective. Recently, however, research on the experience of SOC has evolved to include a related but distinct construct of sense of community responsibility (SOC-R), or feelings of accountability for the well-being of a community. This study applied item response theory to examine the psychometric properties of a SOC-R scale used in an evaluation of community-based substance abuse prevention coalitions. Data were collected in 2017 from coalition members (analytic sample = 309) in the northeastern United States. Findings indicate that the scale was reliable, unidimensional, and functioned well, particularly at low and moderate levels of the construct. The addition of two items intended to capture higher levels of the construct improved the scale's functioning at higher levels of SOC-R. The adapted SOC-R scale was also shown to have moderately strong relationships with conceptually relevant variables, including SOC, coalition participation, number of roles performed in the coalition, and engagement in community action activities. These findings provide empirical evidence to support the reliability and validity of the SOC-R scale, and have critical implications for our conceptualization of the SOC construct, its measurement, and for the evaluation of community-based prevention interventions.

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Measuring Sense of Community Responsibility in Community‐Based Prevention Coalitions: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Treitler

Peterson

Howell

et al. 2018

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…Various studies have highlighted the importance of trust and community involvement in reducing the odds of low psychological health low subjective well-being among older adults [ 51 , 52 ]. Trust and community involvement provide a sense of security and comfort that further improves psychological health and subjective well-being among older adults [ 53 ]. Results found state-wise differential in low psychological health and low subjective well-being among older adults.…”

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Gender differential in low psychological health and low subjective well-being among older adults in India: With special focus on childless older adults

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Background Gender and health are two factors that shape the quality of life in old age. Previous available literature established an associaton between various demographic and socio-economic factors with the health and well-being of older adults in India; however, the influence of childless aged is neglected. Therefore, the study examined the gender differential in psychological health and subjective well-being among older adults, focusing on childless older adults. Methodology This study utilized data from Building a Knowledge Base on Population Aging in India (BKPAI). Psychological health and subjective well-being were examined for 9541 older adults aged 60 years & above. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis were used to find the preliminary results. Further, multivariate analysis has been done to fulfill the objective of the study. Results Around one-fifth (21.2%) of the men reported low psychological health, whereas around one-fourth (25.5%) of the women reported low psychological health. Further, around 24 per cent of men and 29 per cent of women reported low subjective well-being. Results found that low psychological well-being (OR = 1.87, C.I. = 1.16–3.01), as well as low subjective well-being (OR = 1.78, C.I. = 1.15–2.76), was higher in childless older women than in childless older men. Higher education, community involvement, good self-rated health, richest wealth quintile, and residing in urban areas significantly decrease the odds of low subjective well-being and low psychological well-being among older adults. Conclusion There is a need to improve older adults’ psychological health and subjective well-being through expanded welfare provisions, especially for childless older adults. Moreover, there is an immediate requirement to cater to the needs of poor and uneducated older adults.

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“…Moreover, a study indicated that the sense of responsibility had cross-context consistency: An individual's sense of responsibility in one context (e.g., family) had a strong predictive effect on his sense of responsibility in another context [34]. People not only have a need to be a part of community but also feel a sense of duty and responsibility toward their community [35,36]. Therefore, perhaps we can speculate on the relationship between SOC-R and altruistic behavior from studies of family responsibility and social responsibility.…”

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The Effect of Sense of Community Responsibility on Residents’ Altruistic Behavior: Evidence from the Dictator Game

Yang

Wang

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Understanding the new mechanism of altruistic behavior is pivotal to people’s health and social development. Despite the rich literature on altruism, this is the first study exploring the association between the sense of community responsibility (SOC-R) and altruistic behavior by repeated dictator games. Data were gathered from 95 residents (30% male; M age = 33.20 years). Demographic variables, money motivation, and SOC-R were measured. The results revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between SOC-R and altruistic behavior, and SOC-R had a positive predictive effect on residents’ altruistic behavior. With the increasing of the number of tasks assigned, the level of residents’ altruistic behavior gradually decreased. There was a significant difference in money allocation between the groups with high and low levels of SOC-R. The level of altruistic behavior in the group with a high level of SOC-R was significantly higher than that in the the group with a low level of SOC-R. Findings from the present study highlighted the potential value of strengthening residents’ SOC-R in the improvement of altruism. Implications and directions for future research were also discussed.

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Psychological Sense of Community Responsibility and Diversity in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in India

Cited by 7 publications

References 52 publications

Measuring Sense of Community Responsibility in Community‐Based Prevention Coalitions: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Measuring Sense of Community Responsibility in Community‐Based Prevention Coalitions: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Gender differential in low psychological health and low subjective well-being among older adults in India: With special focus on childless older adults

The Effect of Sense of Community Responsibility on Residents’ Altruistic Behavior: Evidence from the Dictator Game

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