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Yanos, Philip T.; Stefanic, Ana; Tsemberis, Sam – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examined individual and neighborhood predictors of the psychological community integration of people with psychiatric disabilities and nondisabled community members. One hundred twenty-three adults (60 psychiatrically disabled, 63 general community residents), completed measures of sense of community, life satisfaction, psychiatric…
Descriptors: Community, Mental Disorders, Severe Disabilities, Adults
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Peterson, N. Andrew; Speer, Paul W.; McMillan, David W. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
First-order and second-order models of sense of community (SOC) were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of data gathered from a random sample of community residents (n=293) located in the midwestern United States. An 8-item Brief Sense of Community Scale (BSCS) was developed to represent the SOC dimensions of needs fulfillment, group…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Psychological Patterns, Community, Factor Analysis
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Liang, Belle; Tracy, Allison; Taylor, Catherine A.; Williams, Linda M.; Jordan, Judith V.; Miller, Jean Baker – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2002
A new measure of women's relationships, the Relational Health Indices (RHI), comprises three scales that assess growth-fostering connections with peers, mentors, and communities. The RHI was developed using the Relational Model (Jordan, Kaplan, Miller, Stiver, Surrey, 1991; Miller & Stiver, 1997), a theory of women's psychological development.…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Interpersonal Relationship