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An exploration of the interplay between psychological sense of community, social identification and salience
Author(s) -
Obst Patricia L.,
White Katherine M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.813
Subject(s) - salience (neuroscience) , psychology , ingroups and outgroups , situational ethics , social psychology , identification (biology) , psoc , sense of community , centrality , context (archaeology) , social identity theory , social group , cognitive psychology , paleontology , botany , mathematics , system on a chip , combinatorics , computer science , biology , operating system
Past research indicates that there is a strong relationship between the constructs of psychological sense of community (PSOC) and social identification. The current study draws on data ( N = 219) examining participants' membership in a number of different communities to present an examination of the relationship between these constructs. In particular, the study examines the relative strength of the separate aspects of social identification (based on Cameron's 2004, Three Factor Model of Social Identification) as predictors of overall PSOC, accounting for situational salience. Results indicate that Ingroup Ties is consistently the strongest predictor of PSOC and that the strength of Ingroup Affect and Centrality alter according to the group or community context. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed in terms of the interplay and overlap of these important community processes. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.