How many factors does the sense of community index assess?

Loomis, Colleen; Wright, Carrie S.

doi:10.1002/jcop.21946

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“…The Sense of Community Index, a 12-item true or false self-report measure that depicts a person’s sense of connection to a place or community [43] was administered to the responding parent. This is a psychometrically adequate tool with higher score indicating stronger attachment and connection to the community [44].…”

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Social determinants of psychological wellness for children and adolescents in rural NSW

et al. 2019

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BackgroundThe mental wellness of children and adolescents in rural Australia is under researched and key to understanding the long-term mental health outcomes for rural communities. This analysis used data from the Australian Rural Mental Health Study (ARMHS), particularly the parent report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) measure for children under 18 years old and their reporting parent’s demographic information to compare this sample’s mental wellness scores to the Australian norms and to identify what personal, family, community and rurality factors contribute to child mental wellness as pertaining to the SDQ total and subdomain scores.MethodFive hundred thirty-nine children from 294 families from rural NSW were included. SDQ scores for each child as well as personal factors (sex and age), family factors (employment status, household income and sense of community of responding parent), community SES (IRSAD) and rurality (ASCG) were examined.ResultsChildren and adolescents from rural areas had poorer mental wellness when compared to a normative Australian sample. Further, personal and family factors were significant predictors of the psychological wellness of children and adolescents, while after controlling for other factors, community SES and level of rurality did not contribute significantly.ConclusionsEarly intervention for children and families living in rural and remote communities is warranted particularly for low income families. There is a growing need for affordable, universal and accessible services provided in a timely way to balance the discrepancy of mental wellness scores between rural and urban communities.

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Social determinants of psychological wellness for children and adolescents in rural NSW

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“…The Sense of Community Index, a 12-item true or false self-report measure that depicts a person's sense of connection to a place or community (42) was administered to the responding parent. This is a psychometrically adequate tool with higher score indicating more attachment and connection to the community (43). Due to non-normality of the data, the SDQ subscale and total scores, and parental Sense of Community scores were transformed to standardised scores for further analysis.…”

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Social Determinants of Psychological Wellbeing for Children and Adolescents in Rural NSW

Peters

Handley²,

Oakley

et al. 2019

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Background The mental wellbeing of children and adolescents in rural Australia is under researched and imperative to understanding the long-term mental health outcomes for rural communities. This study used data from the Australian Rural Mental Health Study (ARMHS), particularly the parent report SDQ measure for children under 18 years old and their reporting parent’s demographic information in order to compare this sample’s mental wellbeing scores to the Australian norms and to identify what personal, family, community and rurality factors contribute to child mental wellbeing as pertaining to the SDQ total and subdomain scores. Method 539 children from 294 families from rural NSW were included. SDQ scores for each child as well as personal factors (sex and age), family factors (employment status, household income and sense of community of responding parent), community SES (IRSAD) and rurality (ASCG) were examined. Results Children and adolescents from rural areas had poorer mental wellbeing when compared to a normative Australian sample. Further, personal predispositional and family factors were significant predictors of the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents, while after controlling for other factors, community SES and level of rurality did not contribute significantly. Conclusions Early intervention for children and families living in rural and remote communities is warranted particularly for low income families. There is a growing need for affordable, universal and accessible services provided in a timely way to balance the discrepancy of mental wellbeing scores between rural and urban communities.

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“…It is equivalent to the sense of membership, mutuality, and voluntary interdependency, which can reduce the perception of solitude, loneliness, and anonymousness. The measurement of the SC has been questioned because the Sense of Community Index (Perkins, Florin, Rich, Wandersman, & Chavis, 1990) has shown unstable psychometric properties (Loomis & Wright, 2018). In addition, the concept of community itself presents several definitions (Silva & Hespanhol, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It was identified that the structural disadvantage caused by poverty reinforced the relations between neighbors, with a collective action in solving the problems (Bolland, & Debra, 2002; Walton, 2016). Thus, it is necessary to develop more research with people in situations of poverty in peripheral contexts (Flaherty, Zwick, & Bouchey, 2014; Lardier, Reid, & Garcia‐Reid, 2018; Loomis & Wright, 2018; Peterson, Speer, & Hughey, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, the discussion of socio‐cultural issues is broadened. There is also the need to study the dimensions of poverty and its relations with the SC in Latin American countries with a strong social inequality (Nepomuceno, Barbosa, Ximenes, and Cardoso (2017), because most studies on the SC occur in rich countries (Flaherty et al, 2014; Lardier et al, 2018; Loomis & Wright, 2018; Peterson et al, 2006). Nepomuceno et al (2017) understand that the SC represents an important concept in the analysis of the poverty phenomenon, since it allows to gather information on how individuals and collectivities articulate themselves toward a common goal.…”

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Sense of community in poverty contexts in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico: A transcultural study

Moura

Rodríguez

Leon

et al. 2020

Journal Community Psychology

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The aim of this article is to analyze the sense of community of three communities in conditions of poverty in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. The general sample was composed of 533 people: 124 from Bogotá (Colombia), 200 from Mérida (Mexico), and 209 from Porto Alegre (Brazil). The scale applied was the Sense of Community Index, performing variance analysis, and multivariate analysis of variance. The results conclude that there are significant differences between the general averages of the Sense of Community Index between the countries, observing the largest differences between the samples of Brazil and Mexico. The interaction between the factors has significant differences, particularly in the factors of influence and emotional connection in account of specific cultural aspects in each country and community. The sense of community derives from the encounter of transcultural and contextual aspects linked to poverty.

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How many factors does the sense of community index assess?

Cited by 7 publications

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Social determinants of psychological wellness for children and adolescents in rural NSW

Social determinants of psychological wellness for children and adolescents in rural NSW

Social Determinants of Psychological Wellbeing for Children and Adolescents in Rural NSW

Sense of community in poverty contexts in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico: A transcultural study

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