Sense Of Community Research Articles

Sense of community improves community participation in Chinese residential communities: The mediating role of sense of community responsibility and prosocial tendencies.

Community participation is essential for community development and enhancing quality of life. Several studies have focused on the relationship between sense of community (SOC) and community participation in organizational settings. Guided by the community experiences framework, this study aims to examine how a SOC improves community participation in Chinese residential communities. Moreover, the study aims to assess the mediating role of SOC responsibility (SOC-R) and prosocial tendencies in that relationship. A sample of 433 residents completed questionnaires regarding their SOC, sense of community responsibility, prosocial tendencies, and community participation. Using a linear regression model, we found that a SOC can positively predict the level of community participation. Mediation effect analysis revealed that a SOC-R mediated the relationship between SOC and community participation. In addition, prosocial tendencies mediated the association between the SOC and community participation. Using multiple mediation analysis, we found that SOC-R and prosocial tendencies mediated the link between a SOC and community participation in a sequential manner. The findings of this study complement existing research by uncovering the mechanism underlying the relationship between a SOC and community participation.

Agricultural Education and Practices for Making Organic Fertilizer in Sempu Hamlet, Cowek Village, Purwodadi District, Pasuruan Regency

Organic fertilizers are fertilizers derived from dead plants, animal dung, other organic wastes that have gone through an engineering process, in solid or liquid form, can be enriched with minerals and microbes that are useful for increasing the nutrient content and soil organic matter and improving physical properties. soil chemistry and biology. The majority of the people of Cowek Village, especially Sempu Hamlet, make a living as farmers. They rely on paddy fields and dry fields which are mostly planted with corn. Farmers still use inorganic fertilizers (chemical) in large doses without being balanced with organic fertilizers. The purpose of this activity is to increase the community's sense of responsibility to protect the environment and also provide understanding to the community about how to make organic fertilizer from animal waste. The method of service is to carry out socialization and agricultural education as well as the practice of making organic fertilizers. The PAR 2022 Real Work Lecture activity has been successfully carried out with the output of raising public awareness about the importance of maintaining environmental cleanliness and the use of animal waste into organic fertilizer.

"Even Though We Have Different Colors, We Are All Equal Here":Immigrants building a sense of community and wellbeing through sport participation.

Although there are several studies reporting the beneficial role of sports in immigrant health, more research is needed to understand whether and how these activities can guide the psychological sense of community (SOC) and well-being outcomes. This study aims at exploring how sport participation among immigrants contributes to developing their SOC and subjective well-being. We analyzed the experiences of 17 immigrants participating in Balon Mundial (BM), an annual multicultural football tournament in Turin (Italy). A thematic deductive theory-driven analysis was implemented based on in-depth interviews.BM developed a psychological SOC by providing immigrants with a safe space-based on norms of accessibility and fair play-to mutually share traditions while forming positive and trusting bonds. All these dimensions of the tournament were connected to an enhancement of immigrants' subjective well-being in terms of happiness, self-care, sense of acceptance and cultural intelligence. Sport participation can sustain immigrants' psychological SOC and subjective well-being under specific conditions: (a) when norms are developed based on inclusion; and (b) when a shared goal and history are built among participants.

Uncovering the Voting Criteria of the 4Ps Grantees in Tacloban City: A Case Study

The right to suffrage is a powerful right given to the citizens of a country. Making a voting criterion will lead to setting a standard that will help in choosing a qualified public servant. The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4?Ps) Grantees, the parents of the beneficiaries, as one of the groups in society which receive assistance from the government primarily for their children, play a crucial role in selecting political candidates that will continuously support and assist them. This study uncovers how 4Ps grantees in Tacloban City create criteria in choosing whom to vote. With this, the researchers utilized a descriptive study to determine how the 4?Ps grantees assess electoral candidates and describe how such assessments influence the development of their criteria in choosing whom to vote during the election period. In-depth interviews were utilized in gathering the data with 10 4Ps grantees participants selected purposively. Furthermore, the data gathered were thoroughly analyzed through thematic analysis. The analysis of research findings indicates that the criteria set by the 4?Ps grantees in Tacloban City voters do not give emphasis on the gender, popularity, and background in voting for candidates. The results revealed that in choosing a candidate, 4Ps grantees set criteria that includes politically equipped, man of service, communal sense, good personality, morally upright and gender neutral.

Protective and risk social dimensions of emergency remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic: A multiple mediation study.

The changes in teaching due to COVID‐19‐related restraints generated distress among teachers, putting their job‐related efficacy and satisfaction at risk. This study deepens the community‐related protective and risk factors in teachers' experience. An online questionnaire detecting social distancing burnout, job‐related distress experience, efficacy and satisfaction, and Sense of Community (SoC) was administered to 307 Italian teachers. A multiple mediation model was tested with Structural Equation Modeling. Evidence showed that social distancing burnout could increase teachers' distress rates and, through them, impact their job‐related efficacy and satisfaction; however, its effects on the latter depended on the kind of distress mediating. Conversely, SoC could support their job‐related efficacy and satisfaction, yet no association with their distress rates emerged. The role of social distancing and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)‐related distress as the main threats for teachers stems, along with the one of job distress and the community of belonging as assets on which teachers relied.

The Law Enforcement in Judges' Decisions based on Progressive Law

This study aims to identify and examine law enforcement in judges' decisions based on progressive law. This study uses a normative juridical approach with descriptive analysis. The data used was secondary data obtained through literature study, which was then analyzed qualitatively. Based on the research, it is concluded that law enforcement in fair judge decisions is based on progressive law, namely in making decisions, judges adhere to their conscience. Progressive law is very important to be presented as a philosophical and theoretical basis for judges in handling cases in court. Judges have the freedom of logic to find and create laws that are in accordance with the community's sense of justice, because the law is for humans, not the other way around. The discovery of law in the context of making decisions, is not merely legalistic, does not only fulfill legal formalities or just maintains order, has a vision of foresight (visionary) who has the moral courage to make legal breakthroughs, and takes sides and is sensitive to fate and the state of the nation and state.

The Significance of Joseph Margolis to Late 20th and Early 21st Century Pragmatism

Abstract Joseph Margolis’ philosophical work is both sanguine and fair. It is sanguine because much of it captures the inherent worth and dignity of the human condition. This includes aesthetics, anthropological diversity and history, the diversity of cognitive orientations and objectivity without foundations. Margolis embraces science and naturalism without reductionism. His pragmatism, though, is rooted more in James’ perspectivism, his local nice adaptation, and his relativism than that of Peirce and Dewey and their sense of science and the community of inquirers. Margolis’ strength is his attempt to reconcile positions and his fairness towards others as he tries to wedge his pragmatist position amid others (e.g. Quine, Davidson, Rorty, Brandom). But he celebrates the subjective stance of James, and downplayed the communal sense of Peirce and Dewey so vital to epistemic advances.

Social Inclusion and Communality of Volunteering: A Focus Group Study of Older People's Experiences.

The aim of this qualitative study was to describe the factors that motivate older people to volunteer and how volunteering influences their social inclusion and communality. Data were collected using focus group interviews in 2020–2021 from older people aged 65–81 years (n = 38) who had experience of volunteering in the community. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Based on the results, the experiences described by older people who participate in volunteering consisted of factors encouraging older people to volunteer and depended on the activation, support, and motivation of volunteer operators. The support provided by the health care services and volunteer action organization for volunteers was a key factor in encouraging older people to participate in volunteering. Moreover, volunteering impacted the communality of volunteers in several ways, influencing social capital. The sense of communality was enhanced by the way in which volunteering was carried out, including collaboration with health care services and associations. In order to strengthen the importance of volunteering in society, there is a need for close collaboration between voluntary organizations and health care service providers to develop volunteering because health care organizations cannot respond to all of the challenges faced by the ageing population.

The Relationship Between Sense of Community and Job Satisfaction Among Campus Recreation Center Employees

Research on the experience of campus recreation participants has been studied extensively. However, scholars have paid relatively little attention to employees of campus recreation. This study examined the relationship between Sense of Community (SOC) and job satisfaction of employees in Campus Recreation Center (CRC), and the impact of demographic information, including job classification and tenure, on the levels of their SOC and job satisfaction. Survey data were collected from CRC employees, including student employees, graduate assistants, part-time and full-time employees. Results indicated a positive relationship between SOC and job satisfaction that employees experienced. Even though results did not suggest the influence of employee's job classification and tenure on the levels of SOC and job satisfaction, it was found that job classification influenced three of nine factors of job satisfaction (e.g., fringe benefits, operating conditions, and coworker).

LEGAL CERTAINTY REGARDING THE IMPOSITION OF CRIMINAL EXTORTION SANCTIONS INVOLVING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS (ORMAS)

The purpose of this study is to examine the legal certainty afforded to community organizations that commit extortion, as well as to analyze and propose criminal punishments against community organizations that commit extortion. The method utilized in this study is normative legal research, which is conducted in order to elicit the relevant data for the topic. The data used are secondary data and tertiary legal materials. The data analysis was conducted utilizing a qualitative method of legal analysis. According to the findings of this study, the government must be resolute in enforcing the law against a person who is a member and/or administrator of a community organization and who intentionally and directly or indirectly violates the provisions, including extortion, violence, and disturbing the peace and order. destroying public and social facilities, committing acts of hostility against ethnicity, religion, race, or class; engaging in separatist activities that jeopardize the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia's sovereignty; and adhering to, developing, and spreading teachings or understandings contrary to Pancasila. To ensure legal certainty for a person acting in conformity with existing legal provisions, Community Organizations are not an exception; on the contrary, Community Organizations lack legal certainty. Articles of extortion and threats as defined in Article 368 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code (KUHP) criminal sanctions imposed on individual Ormas who commit the extortion crime specified in Article 368 of the Criminal Code still do not satisfy the community's sense of justice because the threats are only 9 (nine) years in prison, with no fines or other additional penalties to the organization concerned.

Community Participation and Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults: The Roles of Sense of Community and Neuroticism.

Participation in community affairs and activities is beneficial to the mental health of older adults. The current study attempted to confirm the mediating role of sense of community (SoC) between community participation (CP) and subjective well-being (SWB), and the moderating role of neuroticism between CP and SoC. A total of 465 older adults aged ≥65 years from China participated in both two-wave online surveys. The self-developed Community Participation questionnaire, the SoC scale, and the Neuroticism subscale were used to assess CP, SoC, and neuroticism, respectively. The four indicators of SWB were assessed by the Satisfaction with Life Scale, Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale. The results revealed that CP was associated with three indicators of SWB including life satisfaction, positive affect, and depressive symptoms, SoC mediated the above associations, and neuroticism negatively moderated the association between CP and SoC, after controlling for age, sex, education, spouse status, monthly income, and physical health. CP enhances older adults’ SWB through increasing their SoC. When compared to those older adults with a higher score of neuroticism, the enhancing effect of CP on SoC is stronger for those with lower scores of neuroticism.

The Effect of Surface Acting on Job Stress and Cognitive Weariness Among Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Role of Sense of Community.

Surface acting (SA) is a heavy emotional and cognitive task practiced by nurses, which has negative consequences on their wellbeing. The shortage of nurses along with the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the situation. Based on job demands-resources (JD-R) and conservation of resources theories, this study aims to investigate the adverse impact of practicing SA and buffering effect of a sense of community (SOC) on job stress (JS) and cognitive weariness (CW) among Iranian nurses confronting COVID-19. As this study is written within the scope of Frontiers’ call for research on “Spirituality in the workplace,” the findings suggest that the aforementioned factors are in significant positive relationships. Furthermore, the empirical evidence indicates that there is a significant indirect effect of SA on CW through JS. In addition, results reveal that there is a buffering effect of SOC on the SA and JS relationship, while there is no significant moderation effect regarding the JS and cognitive weariness association. The findings of this study provide theoretical and practical implications within the scope of spirituality in the workplace.

The Sense of Community of Online Taxi Drivers

This study explores how the sense of community (SOC) is represented in online taxi driver communities. This study in Yogyakarta utilized qualitative descriptive research. Data collection was conducted using in-depth interview by snowball sampling method. Thematic analysis is used with theory-driven approach of SOC framework by McMillan and Chavis (1986). Nine male online taxi drivers were the participants. The findings show that all four SOC components are present: membership, influence, integration & need fulfillment, and shared emotional connection. Membership has permeable expanding boundaries with multiple membership and multilayered communities with conventional taxi drivers involvement. Bidirectional influence represents the influence component. Integration and needs fulfillment exists by their informational and helping shared values. Shared emotional connection is represented with the ‘brotherhood’ concept as their main community value. This study contributes to the literature on how sense of community is represented among informal workers amidst the heightened popularity of gig economy.

Overcoming the liability of distance? An exploratory study of the associations between social networks, sense of community and spatial colocation

PurposeThis study aims to examine the associations of social networks with the sense of community (SOC) construct and spatial colocation or having an office. The study site was an institute for health-care policy research formed in 2011 by bringing together scientists from more than 20 different university units. Only 30% of the scientists were had an office or physical presence at the institute. Therefore, the institute was an ideal site to examine whether SOC was correlated with different dimensions of network position – connectedness, reachability and brokerage – even when the authors account for the lack of spatial colocation for the off-site scientists.Design/methodology/approachA two-part (sociometric and workplace) internet survey instrument was administered in 2014 to the institute’s population of 411 individuals. The sociometric data were used to create an undirected interaction network and the following dependent variables (DVs) or network centralities: normalized degree to measure connectedness; average reciprocal distance to capture reachability; and normalized betweenness to proxy brokerage. Separate node-level network regressions were then run with random permutations (N = 10,000) and listwise deletion for each of the DVs with SOC and spatial colocation as the independent variables, and variables that controlled for gender, organizational affiliation and job category.FindingsSOC and spatial colocation are both positively and significantly correlated with network connectedness and reachability. The results suggest that both SOC and spatial colocation have a larger impact on reachability than connectedness. However, neither SOC nor spatial colocation are significantly associated with network brokerage. Finally, the findings show that SOC and spatial colocation are more reliable predictors of network connectedness and reachability than are key individual- and unit-level control variables, specifically the individual’s sex, job category and organizational affiliation. The controls were not significantly associated with any of the three network centralities, namely, connectedness, reachability and brokerage.Originality/valueThis exploratory study used social network analysis and node-level network regressions to examine the associations from SOC and spatial colocation to dimensions of network position. SOC is positively and significantly associated with network connectedness and reachability, suggesting that SOC is an important consideration when individuals are disadvantaged from the absence of spatial colocation. The findings have implications for work in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic as they imply that interventions based on the SOC construct could potentially lessen the negative effects of remote work on workplace social networks due to factors such as the reduction of social contacts.

The Relationship between Social Isolation and Sense of Community among Older Adults in Puerto Rico

Psychological sense of community (SOC) is linked to key health and wellbeing outcomes for older adults and among Latin American populations. Prior research shows that social factors may affect SOC, but this has yet to be studied among Puerto Rican older adults. This study draws on Social Resource Theory to test the hypothesis that social isolation is associated with SOC among older adults in Puerto Rico. We collected data through face-to-face interviews in a non-probability sample of community dwelling adults aged 60+ throughout Puerto Rico in 2019-2020 (N = 154). We measured social isolation with the Spanish translation of the LSNS-6 (range 0-30, mean= 14.00, SD= 5.99), where higher scores indicate less isolation, and SOC with the Spanish translation of the Brief Sense of Community Scale (range 0-32, mean= 24.75, SD= 6.04). This cross-sectional study used multiple linear regression to test the association between social isolation and SOC, while controlling for gender, age, income and living arrangement. Higher scores on the LSNS-6 were associated with higher SOC (β=0.31, SE=0.08, p<0.001). Among the sociodemographic covariates, increased age was associated with higher SOC (β=0.12, SE=0.05, p<0.05). This study demonstrates that older adults in Puerto Rico who are more socially isolated have lower SOC, and that SOC increases with age. In order to promote SOC in this population, interventions should focus on reducing social isolation and may benefit from targeting young-old older adults. Future research should continue to examine these relationships and extend to other Latin American cultures.

The potential of psychological connectedness: Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 through sense of community and community resilience.

The purpose of this study was to identify patterns of relationships connecting sense of community (SOC) and community resilience with psychological wellbeing, via the mediation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) impacts on life domains. Survey data were collected from an international sample of adults (n = 824) during the COVID-19 outbreak (June-September 2020). Using a structural equation model, we tested a mediation model to identify the associations between SOC and community resilience with the perceived impacts of the emergency situation and with psychological wellbeing. Results revealed that SOC mitigated the impacts of COVID-19 on multiple life domains, and it was also positively associated with wellbeing. Community resilience was correlated with SOC and wellbeing but showed no significant relationship with COVID-19 impacts. The findings support that SOC has a protective function and can contribute to mitigating the impacts of difficult life situations. SOC can also be leveraged as an intervention aimed at protecting the wellbeing of people and communities, particularly in times of crisiss.

Education for Citizenship: The Meanings Chilean Teachers Convey in the Neoliberal Context

This article presents the results from research into education for citizenship in which Chilean teachers participated. Ninety-nine interviews and two focal groups that included questions on knowledge, beliefs, values and practices related to education for citizenship were carried out. NVivo 12 software was used for the analysis of the discourses, following the direction similar to the grounded theory that considers elaborating free nodes, structuring categories and configuring categorical trees, according to the school’s administrative dependency. The results yield six macro-categories: School, Authoritarianism, Neoliberalism, Curriculum, Teacher Role and Citizenship. The present article analyses the Neoliberalism macro-category formed, in turn, by the following subcategories: (1) subject and resistance, (2) competitiveness and individualism in a subject that is instrumental, consumer and reproducer of the establishment, (3) commodified schools, where the economic value regards students and families as clients, (4) a culture of bureaucratization and accountability, and (5) lack of a sense of communality as a collective, supportive body. In all of them, teachers show themselves eloquently critical of the neoliberal system and of the obstacles it poses to rights, justice and democracy in the current capitalist citizenship and school.

The Mystery of Remote Communality: University Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The aim of this study was to examine how the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic affected the communality among university personnel and students. Herein, we report the findings from a northern Finnish university in which student (mean number of participants, n = 339) and staff (mean number of participants, n = 133) perceptions and experiences were surveyed. The data (gathered between March 2020 and June 2021 in 7 surveys) included responses to questions about satisfaction with remote and hybrid work and communality. In addition, as the focus of the analysis in this research, we collected the participants’ descriptions of their experiences and thoughts through open-ended questions. The sense of communality among the students, students and teachers, and staff differed, but the appreciation for flexible interactions and availability was similar between the groups. This study discusses the importance of retaining a sense of communality during and after abnormal times on the basis of the reported findings.

The Principle of ‘Damage’ as Guidance for Civil Society Roles in Islamic Built Environment

Uncontrolled urbanization harms both the environment and society. Sole environmental responsibility has diminished the community's sense of responsibility. In this way, Local Agenda 21 aims to engage all parties, including civil society. This paper will explore the ‘Damage' principle in relation to the environmental roles of civil society. Content from Kitab al-I'lan Bi Ahkam Al-Bunyan was analyzed. The findings revealed several fiqh-related essences related to civil society roles. A sustainable built environment requires policymakers and society to reexamine community involvement levels, types, and forms. Keywords: Civil society; built environment; fiqh; 'Damage.' eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning &amp; Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI6.3040

Assessing the sustainability of social studies virtual professional learning communities on social media: a quantitative study of “sense of community”

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the #SSChat community's recognition of cohesion and shared learning goals within the #SSChat community. Specifically, the author sought to gauge the #SSChat community's “sense of community (SOC) ” (e.g. measuring participants' perceptions of membership, influence, fulfillment of needs and a shared emotional connection related to the community) and sustainability (e.g. information contribution and consumption, self-disclosure and intention to leave the community). Additionally, the author aimed to examine “SOC” as a construct supporting the #SSChat community's sustainability.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed a quantitative survey research design that was guided by McMillan and Chavis' (1986) SOC theoretical framework. The instrument included two reliable and valid surveys. Descriptive and inferential statics were used to investigate the three research questions.FindingsFindings from this study highlight refinement and reinforcement areas framed using McMillan and Chavis' (1986) SOC theoretical framework to support the continued development and growth of the #SSChat as virtual learning community for social studies education professionals.Originality/valueThere is a dearth of research that investigates the dynamic underpinnings and foundations of informal virtual learning communities for social studies educators and whether they are sustainable. While this study is not the first to investigate the relationship between sustainability and SOC, it does extend previous research by evaluating the specific SOC tenets and their individual relationships to sustainability.