The Impact of Rural Residents' Social Participation on the Sense of Community and Exclusive Attitude toward Outgroup

The European action named “Faiths and Social cohesion”. Building up Social Participation in Religious Difference: Local Muslim Communities inEurope» was assessed during the last six months of the project. The objective was to assess the impact of the actions taken.

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The Impact of Tourism Web-Site's Reputation and Sense of Community on e-WOM Effects

Journal of Korea Service Management Society ◽

10.15706/jksms.2011.12.2.001 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

김나은 ◽

김민화

Keyword(s):

Sense Of Community ◽

The Impact

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Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Commitment: An Empirical Exploration

Purushartha - A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality ◽

10.21844/pajmes.v10i02.10566 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (02) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Naval Garg

Keyword(s):

Organizational Commitment ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Workplace Spirituality ◽

Necessary Condition ◽

Continuance Commitment ◽

Six Dimensions ◽

The Impact ◽

Structured Questionnaire

The paper aims to empirically explore the impact of six dimensions of workplace spirituality on three types of organizational commitment. Six dimensions of workplace spirituality used for the study are Swadharma, Lokasangraha, authenticity, sense of community, Karma capital and Krityagyata. Components of organizational commitment are affective, normative and continuance commitment. A sample of 541 employees working in various organizations was given a structured questionnaire. Correlations, regressions and Necessary Condition Analysis(NCA) were carried out. The paper has enriched the field of workplace spirituality by contributing to existing literature via adding one more construct of Indian spirituality i.e. Krityagyata. Paper concludes that workplace spirituality climate helps in promoting organizational commitment. NCA elicited necessity of various dimensions of workplace spirituality for healthy organizational commitment.

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The impact of living arrangements and intergenerational support on the health status of older people in China: are rural residents disadvantaged compared to urban residents?

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x21000702 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-26

Author(s):

Yazhen Yang ◽

Maria Evandrou ◽

Athina Vlachantoni

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Older People ◽

Adult Children ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Living Arrangements ◽

Psychological Wellbeing ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Intergenerational Support ◽

Rural Residents ◽

The Impact

Abstract Research to-date has examined the impact of intergenerational support in terms of isolated types of support, or at one point in time, failing to provide strong evidence of the complex effect of support on older persons’ wellbeing. Using the Harmonised China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011, 2013 and 2015), this paper investigates the impact of older people's living arrangements and intergenerational support provision/receipt on their physical and psychological wellbeing, focusing on rural–urban differences. The results show that receiving economic support from one's adult children was a stronger predictor for higher life satisfaction among rural residents compared to urban residents, while grandchild care provision was an important determinant for poor life satisfaction only for urban residents. Having weekly in-person and distant contact with one's adult children reduced the risk of depression in both rural and urban residents. Older women were more likely than men to receive support and to have contact with adult children, but also to report poor functional status and depression. The paper shows that it is important to improve the level of public economic transfers and public social care towards vulnerable older people in rural areas, and more emphasis should be placed on improving the psychological wellbeing of urban older residents, such as with the early diagnosis of depression.

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Social Networks, Trust, and Disaster-Risk Perceptions of Rural Residents in a Multi-Disaster Environment: Evidence from Sichuan, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18042106 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 2106 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kaijing Xue ◽

Shili Guo ◽

Yi Liu ◽

Shaoquan Liu ◽

Dingde Xu

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Risk Perceptions ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Disaster Risk ◽

Mountainous Areas ◽

Rural Residents ◽

Response Efficacy ◽

The Impact

Individual perception of disaster risk is not only the product of individual factors, but also the product of social interactions. However, few studies have empirically explored the correlations between rural residents’ flat social networks, trust in pyramidal channels, and disaster-risk perceptions. Taking Sichuan Province—a typical disaster-prone province in China—as an example and using data from 327 rural households in mountainous areas threatened by multiple disasters, this paper measured the level of participants’ disaster-risk perception in the four dimensions of possibility, threat, self-efficacy, and response efficacy. Then, the ordinary least squares method was applied to probe the correlations between social networks, trust, and residents’ disaster-risk perception. The results revealed four main findings. (1) Compared with scores relating to comprehensive disaster-risk perception, participants had lower perception scores relating to possibility and threat, and higher perception scores relating to self-efficacy and response efficacy. (2) The carrier characteristics of their social networks significantly affected rural residents’ perceived levels of disaster risk, while the background characteristics did not. (3) Different dimensions of trust had distinct effects on rural residents’ disaster-risk perceptions. (4) Compared with social network variables, trust was more closely related to the perceived level of disaster risks, which was especially reflected in the impact on self-efficacy, response efficacy, and comprehensive perception. The findings of this study deepen understanding of the relationship between social networks, trust, and disaster-risk perceptions of rural residents in mountainous areas threatened by multiple disasters, providing enlightenment for building resilient disaster-prevention systems in the community.

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Disability and the Urban Environment: A Perspective on Los Angeles

Environment and Planning D Society and Space ◽

10.1068/d040273 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 273-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

H Hahn

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Minority Group ◽

Primary Source ◽

Disabled Persons ◽

Social Attitudes ◽

Geographic Dispersion ◽

Personal Appearance ◽

The Individual ◽

The Impact

Increasingly, research on disability has been guided by a definition that focuses on the interaction between the individual and the environment and by a minority-group perspective based on the propositions that discriminatory attitudes are the primary source of the problems of disabled citizens, that the environment is shaped by public policy, and that policies reflect prevalent social attitudes and values. The implications of this approach for an analysis of the experience of disabled persons in Los Angeles are examined by assessing major characteristics of this urban area such as geographic dispersion, the absence of a sense of community, and the impact of pervasive standards of personal appearance. The investigation indicates a pressing need to provide increased accessibility for disabled residents to fulfill constitutional principles of freedom and equality.

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The effect of stigma on social participation in community-dwelling Chinese patients with stroke sequelae: A cross-sectional study

Clinical Rehabilitation ◽

10.1177/02692155211050558 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026921552110505

Author(s):

Qi Lu ◽

Dongrui Wang ◽

Li Fu ◽

Xue Wang ◽

LiYa Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chronic Illness ◽

Social Participation ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Chinese Patients ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Stigma Scale ◽

Enacted Stigma ◽

Pearson's Correlation ◽

The Impact

Objective To explore the effect of stigma on social participation in community-dwelling Chinese patients with stroke sequelae. Design A cross-sectional survey study. Setting The study was conducted in two community centres in Tianjin, China. Subjects Community-dwelling Chinese patients with stroke sequelae. Measures Chinese version of Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness, Chinese version of Impact on Participation and Autonomy, Modified Barthel index, Self-Rating Depression Scale, Social Support Rating Scale, Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire, background and disease-related questions. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were computed between stigma and social participation. The impact of stigma on social participation was estimated by hierarchical multiple regression analysis after controlling for demographic, physical and psychosocial characteristics. Results In total, 136 patients with stroke sequelae were included in this study, with a mean age of 67.8 years. The Chinese version of the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness had a mean score of 48.4 (SD 16.9), and the Chinese version of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy was 67.1 (SD 21.1). Significant correlations were found between stigma and social participation. Pearson’s correlation coefficient ranged from 0.354 to 0.605 ( P < 0.01). Enacted stigma provided a significant explanation for the variance of social participation by 1.1% ( P < 0.05). Felt stigma provided a significant explanation for the variance of social participation by 2.9% ( P < 0.001). Conclusion Felt stigma and enacted stigma have independent associations with social participation. Patients with stroke sequelae who reported higher stigma experienced a lower level of social participation.

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