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Sense of community in collegiate student groups
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Developing a Sense of Community in Online Courses
… drastically over the past decade. Institutions of higher education are offering online courses and more students are becoming enrolled in online courses and programs. One aspect of the growth in online courses involves the relationship between student feelings of isolation and online learning. …
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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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Measuring the sense of community in a magnet school
<p>The purpose of this study was to measure covenantal climate within a magnet high school, and to determine if specific professional development (Project SPARC) enhanced staff commitment to the magnet school's focus. The Royal and Rossi Measures of Sense of Community were administered in the form …
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Does Sense of Community Predict Happiness and Well-Being?
… research by examining the relationship between sense of community and happiness in the context of a religious community whose members come from 44 different towns to their base at the Shrine of St. Joseph, Stirling, New Jersey. Survey respondents (N = 83) completed measures of happiness, …
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Psychological Sense of Community in On-Line Learning Environments
… exist in an on-line learning environment. Since community has been closely linked to social and academic integration and success, additional research on whether populations with certain demographics feel the same absence of a sense of community in an on-line environment must be addressed. This …
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Community Connections and Sense of Community among Older Adults
… Even though they may be frequent consumers of community programs and services, their role as contributors to community well-being should not be overlooked. Sense of community is a core dimension of well-being because the connections associated with sense of community are important for …
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Exploring the Connection Between Newspaper Blogs and Sense of Community
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential of newspaper blogs to foster a sense of community among readers and if so, whether this has an effect on their reading behavior. An online survey was conducted among the readers of the Houston Chronicle news blogs. The participants were asked …
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Psychological sense of community in Jewish adolescents of Perth, Western Australia
This paper explores Psychological Sense of Community (PSC) in the Jewish adolescent population of Perth. The main aim was to investigate the differences between student attending the private Jewish School (Carmel) or another school within the metropolitan area. Participants were recruited from …
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Contributory Factors to Teachers' Sense of Community in Public Urban Elementary Schools
<p>CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS TO TEACHERS' SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to teachers' sense of community within public, urban, elementary schools. Becauseprevious research has touted the benefits of …
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A psychological sense of community as experienced among immigrant survivors of torture
Survivors of torture do not merely overcome the challenges posed by torture in order to develop a psychological sense of community among each other. Participants in this study used the understanding of torture and the unequivocal condemnation of it as a boundary within which they could develop …
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Teleworkers and the Moderating Effect of Sense of Community on Leadership Substitutes
This dissertation explored whether teleworkers’ sense of community affected leadership substitutes. The purpose was to explore teleworker perceptions of the level of sense of community and whether that level affects the preference for leadership substitutes to a teleworker’s self-defined sense of …
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Effects of Adaptive Outdoor Recreation on Sense of Community within Individuals with Disabilities
A sense of community (SOC) can be defined as a sense of belonging, commitment, and trust within group Membership (McMillan & Chavis, 1986), which is often fulfilled in many contexts, such as geographic (Zhang et al., 2022), online (Uçar et al., 2024), among individuals with disabilities (Ville et …
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The middle of nowhere : town design and sense of community in rural youth
… the new urbanist call for "modem version[s] of the traditional town" with respect to one physical design feature: the clearly defined town center. It asks the question: how does the existence of a town center, which, as prescribed by new urbanism, integrates commercial, recreational, and …
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Attachment Style and Psychological Sense of Community in the Context of 12-Step Recovery
Approximately 10% of adults living in the United States meet criteria for a Substance Use Disorder. Although 12-step groups are considered evidence-based practices for substance use problems, an understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which they facilitate recovery practices remains in its …
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Understanding Ties Among Diversity-Focused Greek Organizations, Sense of Community, Multicultural Openness, and Leadership
… how they experience multicultural openness and sense of community, and how these factors may contribute to their sense of leadership. Students (N = 55, 40 females and 15 males) at a university, both those part of a multicultural fraternity and those in the general population, were recruited to …
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Interscholastic Sport Teams as the Nexus for a Sense of Community in Rural Settings
A major finding of this study was that the SOC in the geographic and interest communities were nearly identical. This finding suggests that in small, rural communities the town and the team are one in the same and that separating out the two communities may not be possible. Brodsky and Marks (2001) …
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Sense of community and peer review: A case study of a doctoral dissertation experience
… online-only students is unknown. The objective of the present study was to understand whether participation in peer review activities related to feelings of sense of community in online doctoral students. The relationship between sense of community and peer review assignments was measured using …
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Administrator, Teacher and Parent Perceptions of Students' Sense of Community in One Elementary School
… have found that schools that support a students' sense of community (SOC) positively affect students' academic achievement, behavior, motivation, and social and emotional competencies (Bryk & Driscoll, 1995; Schaps, 2003; Schaps, Battistich & Solomon, 1997; Goodenow & Grady, 1993; Ladd, 1990; …
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