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Sense of community: Advances in measurement and application
Author(s) -
Chavis David M.,
Pretty Grace M.H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199911)27:6<635::aid-jcop1>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - popularity , subject (documents) , psychology , economic justice , sense of community , sociology , political science , social psychology , computer science , law , library science
This article summarizes theoretical and methodological advances in the study and application of a SOC, and serves as the introduction to a special issue devoted to this subject. Four themes emerged from the review. The first was that there continues to be a search for additional measures, despite the popularity of the SOC Index (SCI). Current investigations have begun to look at individual and group level effects of a SOC. Research continues to find an important and complicated relationship between the neighborhood (as a residential community) and a SOC, contrary to the proliferation of communities that are not based on place. Research was also discovered investigating the relationship between a SOC and history, attachment, and identity. A SOC was found to be used as a catalyst for community justice and change in several national and local initiatives. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.