Psychological Sense of Community

Fisher, Adrian T.; Sonn, Christopher; Bishop, Brian

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0719-2

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“…How older adults are socially connected is a highly relevant research issue for future studies of older adults' well-being, as relations, to be part of, to belong, and to feel committed to seem to be important aspects of individual well-being [1]- [6]. Using the concept "psychological sense of community" (PSOC), community psychology has approached peoples' experiences of belonging and to be part of [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]. Most used today is McMillan and Chavis' conceptualization of PSOC as consisting of four dimensions: a) membership, or a feeling of belonging and identification with the community; b) influence, or the sense of acceptable community influence and, at the same time, feeling some control and influence over the community; c) integration and fulfilment of needs, or the reinforcement that members receive by having their needs met through their community's resources and their contribution to it; and d) shared emotional connection, or the sense that members in the community have shared, and will continue to share, a history of negative and positive events, places and experiences together.…”

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“…Taking as our position that PSOC is a context-sensitive concept embedded in culture [9] [15]- [20] experienced differently among various age groups [12] [21] [22] [23] and that cultural context affects our meanings and experiences of aging and thereby our well-being [24], we are interested in how urban older adults in Norway, one of the Scandinavian welfare states, explain and define PSOC.…”

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Responsibility for Psychological Sense of Community and Well-Being in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in Norway

Bahl¹,

Nafstad²,

Blakar³

et al. 2017

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The purpose of the present study is to explore older adults' understanding and conceptualizations of the concept "psychological sense of community" (PSOC) as experiences of belonging and being part of seem to be important in old age. Twelve older informants from Oslo (the capital of Norway) were interviewed. A thematic and discourse analytical approach was used to identify and depict the most central themes in the older adults' meaning of PSOC in-depth and in relation to context. The findings show that there are important parts of Norwegian older adults' meanings of PSOC that goes beyond dimensions included in the predominant conceptualization of PSOC. "Individual responsibility for PSOC in old age", identified as the most salient theme, reflects core Norwegian cultural values and provides new insight to premises of PSOC and well-being in old age. Furthermore, the findings in this Scandinavian sample extend the understanding of older adults' efforts to maintain their PSOC and well-being through life-changing transitions.

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Responsibility for Psychological Sense of Community and Well-Being in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in Norway

Bahl¹,

Nafstad²,

Blakar³

et al. 2017

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“…To feel devoted to and included in one's communities are important aspects of individual as well as community well-being [1]- [6]. One of the ways that community psychology is pursuing individual and community well-being is through its core value "psychological sense of community" (PSOC) [7]- [12].…”

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“…Secondly, as few have done before, we study PSOC among older adults. Finally, of vital importance to the established understanding of PSOC as a context sensitive and culturally-bound concept [6] [11] [13] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] and that cultural context affects our meanings and experiences of aging [21], we study later-life PSOC within the interaction of individual and cultural meaning systems.…”

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

Bahl¹,

Hagen²

2017

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The aim of the present study is to explore older adult people's meaning of psychological sense of community (PSOC), a key element in individual and community well-being. Using thematic and discourse analytical approaches we have in an in-depth and context-sensitive way analyzed interview material from twelve urban older informants residing in the heterogenic mega-city of Mumbai. Several themes included in the samples meaning of PSOC confirm established dimensions of the concept. However, key aspects of their meaning system more closely relate to the concepts PSOC-R and diversity and demonstrate these inherent concepts as highly culturally bound and context-sensitive at a city and national level.

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“…Individuals have frequent communication with social acquaintances, characterized by an exchange of instrumental, emotional, and affirmational support with friends, neighbours, or family. This tends to nurture a stronger sense of community and belonging, which is essential to social acceptance (Fisher, Sonn, & Bishop, 2002). Thus, we hypothesize the following:…”

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Comparing income poverty gap and deprivation on social acceptance: A mediation model with interpersonal communication and social support

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In many developed countries or regions, wide income disparities increase the difficulty in reducing poverty. In their day‐to‐day lives, poor people often feel less accepted by the society. The failures in communicating with social groups and receiving social support lead to negative consequences on individual well‐being and higher level of social exclusion. Based on the debate upon alternative approaches to conceptualizing and operationalizing poverty, this study attempts to verify a mediation model with data from a household survey (N = 1,202) in Hong Kong. The results of structural equation modelling reveal that deprivation is a more powerful indicator than income poverty for specifying the negative relations of poverty with interpersonal communication, social support, and social acceptance; the negative impact of deprivation on social acceptance can be reduced by two significant mediators of interpersonal communication and social support. The results are discussed in terms of directions for future research and policy and welfare intervention.

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Psychological Sense of Community

Cited by 174 publications

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Responsibility for Psychological Sense of Community and Well-Being in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in Norway

Responsibility for Psychological Sense of Community and Well-Being in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in Norway

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

Comparing income poverty gap and deprivation on social acceptance: A mediation model with interpersonal communication and social support

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