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Mohatt, Gerald V. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1989
Examines an analysis of the Barrow Alcohol Study by applying a set of parameters for community-based research from a collaborative and participatory research framework. Suggests that research must build the capacity of the studied communities to become the researchers of the needs of their own communities. (DHP)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alcohol Abuse, Community Involvement, Community Study
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Moore, Joan W. – Social Problems, 1973
Attempts to delineate some grounds for expansion of the knowledge base within the field of minority studies and more generally within sociology: minority research is seen as one acute instance of a general malaise in sociology. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Minority Groups, Research Methodology
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Peterson, N. Andrew; Speer, Paul W.; Hughey, Joseph; Armstead, Theresa L.; Schneider, John E.; Sheffer, Megan A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
The Community Organization Sense of Community Scale (COSOC) is a frequently used or cited measure of the construct in community psychology and other disciplines, despite a lack of confirmation of its underlying 4-factor framework. Two studies were conducted to test the hypothesized structure of the COSOC, the potential effects of method bias on…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Factor Structure, Psychometrics, Community Organizations