Disentangling measures of individual perceptions of community social dynamics: results of a community survey.
This study examined how different measures of individual perceptions of community social dynamics relate to each other and how these measures relate to self-reported general health and depressive symptoms. Results of a principal components analysis conducted to investigate the interrelationships between these individual measures suggest that these measures measure separate phenomena. In addition, in results of multiple-regression analyses conducted to examine associations between the various measures of individual perceptions of community social dynamics and the dependent variables of self-reported general health and depressive symptoms, sense of community, perceived neighborhood control, and neighborhood participation were all associated with the outcome variables in separate regression models. In a regression model with these three variables added to control variables, only sense of community was significantly, albeit modestly, associated with depressive symptoms and self-reported general health.
Parker
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EA
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Ann Arbor 48109-2029, USA. edithp@umich.edu
Lichtenstein
R L
RL
Schulz
A J
AJ
Israel
B A
BA
Schork
M A
MA
Steinman
K J
KJ
James
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SA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012951:Socialization; D014505:Urban Population