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Sense of community, pathway to, or bridge from alienation?
- Source :
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Journal of Community Psychology . Aug2020, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p1706-1714. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Psychological Sense of Community (PSOC) represents a formative conceptual offering of Community Psychology to the social sciences. Nearly five decades ago, PSOC offered a window into the influence of ecological factors to understanding the emotional and behavioral well‐being of members of disenfranchised and underserved segments of the population, especially members of minority and low‐income subgroups. Our discipline's founders viewed PSOC as one promising vehicle for pursuing the desired paradigmatic shift from individual to systemically focused interventions to achieve intended outcomes of the emerging community mental health movement. This Commentary reflects the authors' shared thoughts to the adoption of PSOC by conservative spokespersons to explain the resistance of some to the diversification of the population and growing voice of progressive advocates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOCIAL psychology
*COMMUNITY psychology
*COMMUNITIES
*MENTAL health
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00904392
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144707284
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22406