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The term sense of community (SOC) is used liberally in both the popular press and psychology, sociology, and management literatures to characterize a variety of social settings, including families, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, cities and rural areas, businesses and industries. Various instruments have been developed to measure sense of community in a variety of settings, and it has been documented among adults, adolescents, and pre-adolescents. It is apparent from these references that the authors judge sense of community as something to be desired, something for which to strive. It seems as if everyone knows what sense of community is, and most everyone seems to want it.
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Mahan, B.B., Garrard, W.M., Lewis, S.E., Newbrough, J.R. (2002). Sense of Community in a University Setting. In: Fisher, A.T., Sonn, C.C., Bishop, B.J. (eds) Psychological Sense of Community. The Plenum Series in Social/Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0719-2_7
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