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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Community connectedness"”.
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Community Connectedness and Congregational Spiritual Vitality
… if there is a relationship between levels of connectedness in the community to the spiritual vitality, growth, and giving levels of the congregations in the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Previous research and literature is scarce on this topic, therefore a survey was developed, …
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SOURCES OF STRENGTH AND RELATIONAL CATALYSTS: TWO MODELS TO REDUCE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND PROMOTE THRIVING AMONG SEXUAL MINORITIES
… to people who are heterosexual. However, community connectedness can be a source of strength to mitigate the internalization of sexual stigma and improve sexual minorities' mental health. Furthermore, the community can act as a relational catalyst to promote thriving during flourishing …
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Camouflage Romance: Same-Gender Romantic Relationship Quality and Effects on Military Commitment
… Gay, and Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community connectedness influences these associations among sexual minority military personnel in same-gender romantic relationships.</p> <p>Study 1 leveraged archival quantitative cross-sectional self-report survey data from a subsample of military …
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Minority Stress and TV Viewing Behaviors among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults
… Scale of Perceived Social Support), LGB community connectedness (Connectedness to the LGBT Community Scale), loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale), viewing frequency (LGB-Inclusive Consumption Questionnaire), parasocial relationships (Revised Parasocial Interaction Scale), and depression, …
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Co-creating a culturally relevant programme for enabling participation of children with brain injury in Uganda (CEBU)
… linked to two sub-themes: “forming community connectedness,” and “moderating caregiver constraints.” Conclusion: In conclusion, every child with brain injury in Uganda deserves an intervention that satisfies basic needs, co-created as the Four-star Model for Enablement and …
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Internet as an object
… non-screen interfaces, storytelling promoting community connectedness and hyper-locality afforded by decentralization. The central question addressed is whether the design and underlying technology of entry points to a network change the way people interact with it and the experience they have. …
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AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH-SCHOOL CHOIR DIRECTORS' TEACHING-STYLE AND CHOIR STUDENTS' SENSE-OF-COMMUNITY
… development of social skills and a sense-of-community within the classroom. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between high-school choir directors' (n = 42) teaching-style and their high-school choir students' (n =1,108) psychological sense-of-community. Student …
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Green spaces, Black entrepreneurs: transforming Chicago’s historically marginalized neighborhoods
… to engage in urban greening projects such as community gardening?; (2) What challenges do African American entrepreneurs face in creating and sustaining community gardens?; (3) How do African American entrepreneurs describe the impacts of their work on their communities?; and (4) What systems …
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Growing pains : dealing with excess demand and the conflicting benefits of community gardens in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Community gardens are one of the most popular uses of vacant space in the United States; there are likely over 6,000 operating in the country today. Although only a tiny portion of the population has ever participated in one, people applaud them for a range of benefits including community …
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Social Action by Youth: Creating a Sense of Community
… their social identity and address their community concerns by creating participant designed and participant-led community-building and social action projects. The researcher worked in partnership with a community agency in a socially disadvantaged area of Melbourne. An appreciative …
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Within the red lines: a qualitative case study of food insecurity among homeless people in one of Kansas City’s historically redlined districts
… Both theories shed light on the individual and community-level factors that influence variations in food insecurity among homeless populations; however, food justice researchers criticize such models for focusing solely on contemporary factors without accounting for historical systemic …
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Facilitators and Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening Among African American Women
… such as use of humor and facilitating community connectedness, was also discussed.
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A Study of Differentiation within the Ontario College Sector and the Impact of Geography
… local student access and to respond to local community needs, and the potential impact on Ontario students and communities. Using theoretical frameworks of institutional diversity and differentiation, social policy theory and the capability approach, this study examines the levels and …
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Modifying the Minority Strengths Model for Binary Trans and Nonbinary Individuals: An Examination of the Relationships among Strength-Promoting Factors, Mental Health, and Health-Promoting Behaviours
… assumptions. Second, significant differences in community connectedness, internal and external identity pride, anxiety, and health promoting behaviours emerged for binary trans and nonbinary participants, with all factors except for health promoting behaviours emerging as significantly higher for …
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The impact of military lifestyle on the careers of military spouse educators : a phenomenological case study.
… financial earnings, retirement eligibility, community connectedness, and self-esteem. Military spouses, on average, are overeducated and underemployed. This phenomenon is linked to unique military lifestyle factors, such as frequent relocation, and conceivably compounded by career-specific …
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Is hunting still healthy? strengths and limitations of dominant discourses used to examine contemporary indigenous land-health Interrelationships
… with cardiovascular risk, social capital, and community connectedness. Those who hunted most frequently in these communities were few, mainly older men, and apparently healthy on a number of key biomedical indicators. However, they did not report any greater level of satisfaction with their …
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Is hunting still healthy? strengths and limitations of dominant discourses used to examine contemporary indigenous land-health Interrelationships
… with cardiovascular risk, social capital, and community connectedness. Those who hunted most frequently in these communities were few, mainly older men, and apparently healthy on a number of key biomedical indicators. However, they did not report any greater level of satisfaction with their …
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Ontario Adults' Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Prosocial Behaviour During the First 16 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study
… while their satisfaction with their safety, community connectedness, and future security significantly decreased during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased thereafter. The results from Article 4 revealed that participants’ (N = 2,188) prosocialness significantly …