Layers of Identity: Multiple Psychological Senses of Community W ithin a Community Setting

Autores/as

  • Anne E. Brodsky University of Maryland Baltimore County (Estados Unidos)
  • Christine M. Marx University of Maryland Baltimore County

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-22282004000200015

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Resumen

This article explores psychological sense of community (PSOC), a feeling of belonging to, importance of, and identification with a community. In much of the research on PSOC, there has been a focus on identifying a single PSOC for an individual in a setting. Qualitative and quantitative data are used here to investigate the presence and operation of multiple psychological senses of community for individuals. These multiple PSOCs are explored in two macro, territorial settings and a subcommunity of one of these settings: a job training and education center for underserved women in Baltimore City. Exploration of multiple PSOCs at the macro- and subcommunity levels expands our conceptualization of the operation of PSOC and has real-life implications for fostering positive outcomes in multicultural communities. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Biografía del autor/a

Anne E. Brodsky, University of Maryland Baltimore County (Estados Unidos)

Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Correspondence regarding this article should be sent to Anne E. Brodsky, Department of Psychology, UMBC,

1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. 

Christine M. Marx , University of Maryland Baltimore County

Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Publicado

2004-12-31

Cómo citar

Brodsky, A. E. ., & Marx , C. M. . (2004). Layers of Identity: Multiple Psychological Senses of Community W ithin a Community Setting. Psykhe, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-22282004000200015