Community and sense of community: The case of an urban barrio in Caracas

Sentimento Psicológico de Comunidade: Uma revisão

“…-Comportamentos de vizinhança e trabalho em conjunto em projectos de vizinhança (e.g., Farrell et al, 2004;Garcia et al, 1999;Perkins & Long, 2002;Prezza et al, 2001) -Participação em grupos de vizinhos e em instituições religiosas (e.g., Brodsky et al, 1999;Hughey et al, 1999;Kingston et al, 1999;Perkins & Long, 2002) -Acreditar que trabalhar com outros para a acção comunitária pode ser eficaz (e.g., Perkins & Long, 2002;Peterson & Reid, 2003;Speer, 2000) -Votar em eleições (Davidson & Cotter, 1989, 1993, vizinhanças com elevados índices de votantes registados (Brodsky et al, 1999) -Resistência à opressão (e.g., Brodsky, 2003;Sonn & Fisher, 1996, 1998, 2003 -Ensino e aprendizagem cooperativa nas escolas (Batteman, 2002;Royal & Rossi, 1996;Solomon et al, 1996) -Formação da identidade dos adolescentes (Pretty, 2002;Pretty et al, 1994Pretty et al, , 1996) -Bem estar individual, saúde mental, e recuperação do abuso de substâncias (e.g., Farrel et al, 2004;Ferrari et al, 2002;Pretty et al, 1994Pretty et al, , 1996Prezza et al, 2001) (pp. 177-178).…”

Examining the Psychological Sense of Community for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Residing in Supported Housing Environments

“…Although sense of community has been investigated and argued to be relevant among diverse populations (e.g., Garcia et al 1999;Perkins et al 1990;Pretty et al 1996a;Sonn 2002), few published studies have examined sense of community among individuals with serious mental illness despite suggestions that it is a core component that impacts their ability to successfully integrate and participate in community life (e.g., Aubry and Myner 1996;Wong and Solomon 2002;Townley and Kloos 2009). …”

“…Sense of community (SOC) has been linked to increased psychological well-being (Pretty et al 1996b;Prezza et al 2001), perceptions of belonging and community connectedness (Sonn and Fisher 1996), and participation in the community . Sense of community has been investigated and argued to be relevant for diverse populations, ranging from school-age children and urban neighborhood residents to indigenous Australians and Latin American residents in Caracas (e.g., Garcia et al 1999;McMillan and Chavis 1986;Perkins et al 1990;Pretty et al 1996a;Sonn 2002). However, there has been little research investigating the relationship between sense of community and well-being of persons with serious mental illness living in community settings.…”

El Que Se Casa ¿quiere Casa? Experiencia De Relocalización en Un Proyecto De Vivienda De Interés Social

“…El proceso de domesticar la casa requiere que las personas conviertan un espacio aséptico y de escaso o nulo valor simbólico en un lugar significativo, es decir, en un lugar que ha sido objeto de un proceso de apropiación y hacia el cual se ha desarrollado apego 3 . La apropiación del espacio y el apego al lugar son conceptos que se han posicionado fuertemente a nivel teórico en la psicología del espacio, en la psicología ambiental y en la psicología comunitaria (Sarason, 1974;Canter, 1977;García, Giuliani y Wiesenfeld, 1999;Sánchez, 2001), y son definidos como:…”