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Sense of Community in the Urban Environment: A Catalyst for Participation and Community Development

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A Quarter Century of Community Psychology

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Social programs need to identify catalysts for action which can be targeted in order to effectively and efficiently meet their goals. A model illustrates how a sense of community can have a catalytic effect on local action (i.e., participation in a block association) by affecting the perception of the environment, social relations, and one’s perceived control and empowerment The model is tested and confirmed through path-analytic and longitudinal techniques.

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  2. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

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  3. University of California, Riverside, California, USA

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  4. New York University, New York, New York, USA

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Chavis, D.M., Wandersman, A. (2002). Sense of Community in the Urban Environment: A Catalyst for Participation and Community Development. In: Revenson, T.A., et al. A Quarter Century of Community Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8646-7_14

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