The Relationship among Cause-Related Marketing, Psychological Sense of Community, Perceived Consumer Effectiveness, and Participation Intention of Professional Baseball Club Companies

Abstract Psychological sense of community (PSOC) in Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) may facilitate condom and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use to prevent HIV transmission. Understanding BMSM’s PSOC contribution to HIV risk reduction may inform HIV prevention efforts for this population, that is disproportionately affected by HIV. Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and HIV status, we conducted logistic regressions to test the association between PSOC and condom use among aging BMSM (n=176). Multivariate analyses exhibited no association between PSOC and condom use (AOR= 0.994, 95% CI= 0.942, 1.049). HIV+ participants had higher condom use odds compared to HIV- participants (AOR= 4.031, 95% CI= 1.723, 9.426). A sub-analysis of HIV- participants (n=61), showed no associated between PSOC and PrEP use (AOR= 1.002, 95% CI= 0.904, 1.112). These results have implications for secondary HIV prevention and future research on alternative aspects of social support that may increase BMSM’s HIV risk reduction behaviors.

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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Brief Sense of Community Scale for Spanish-Speaking Older Adults in Puerto Rico

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.356 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 108-108

Author(s):

Tommy Buckley ◽

Kyeongmo Kim ◽

Denise Burnette

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Psychological Sense Of Community ◽

Spanish Speaking ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Psychological Sense

Abstract Psychological sense of community is a concept used to describe how individuals feel about their community. The Brief Sense of Community Scale (BSCS) is an 8-item scale that includes these four domains: membership, needs fulfillment, emotional connection, and influence. It has been used in various contexts and was validated with young adults in Puerto Rico. The purpose of this study was to validate the BSCS for use with Spanish-speaking older adults in Puerto Rico. We conducted face-to-face interviews with a non-probability sample of 154 community- dwelling adults aged 60+ in Puerto Rico. BSCS is comprised of a 5-point likert-type scale with score values ranging from 0 (strongly agree) to 4 (strongly disagree) (total score range 0-32, mean= 24.75, SD= 6.04), and it showed good reliability in our sample (a=.85) and acceptable subscale reliability (membership, a=.85; needs fulfillment, a=.85; influence, a=.66; and emotional connection, a=.69). Five competing factor structures were tested based on prior research using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The CFA indicated that a four factor structure from the original scale was the best fit (χ² (16) =25.9; p=.06; RMSEA=.06; CFI=.98; TLI=.97; SRMR=.04). The BSCS showed significant correlations in the expected direction with quality of life (r=.41), social isolation (r=.34), loneliness (r=.27) and self-rated health (r=.17). We conclude that the BSCS is a valid and reliable scale for measuring psychological sense of community with community-dwelling Spanish-speaking older adults in Puerto Rico. Future research should confirm and extend our findings with other Spanish-speaking older adult populations.

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A latent profile analysis of psychological sense of community and ethnic identity among racial–ethnic minority young adults from the southwestern United States

Journal of Community Psychology ◽

10.1002/jcop.22686 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

David T. Lardier ◽

Ijeoma Opara ◽

Emily Roach

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Young Adults ◽

Ethnic Identity ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Latent Profile Analysis ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

Psychological Sense Of Community ◽

Psychological Sense ◽

Racial Ethnic

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