Journal article
COMPARING NEIGHBORHOOD-FOCUSED ACTIVISM AND VOLUNTEERISM: PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS
Journal of community psychology, Vol.40(7), pp.769-784
09/01/2012
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20528
PMCID: PMC4830483
PMID: 27087709
Abstract
Does participating in neighborhood-focused activism confer different benefits than volunteering? The engagement of community members in neighborhood civic life has been identified as an important component of safe and healthy communities. Research on community engagement has encompassed voluntary associations, volunteering, as well as participation in neighborhood activism. A diverse set of research suggests that there are psychological and social benefits to community engagement, but also suggests that there are differences between forms of participation. To understand these differences, I examine the relationship of both volunteerism and neighborhood activism to psychosocial outcomes using survey data from a neighborhood-based sample of Chicago residents (n = 3105). Findings suggest that activism is differentactivists have higher neighborhood and personal mastery than those who only volunteer. Participation in neighborhood activism is also associated with an increased likelihood of contact with local officials and social ties in the neighborhood. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- COMPARING NEIGHBORHOOD-FOCUSED ACTIVISM AND VOLUNTEERISM: PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS
- Creators
- Megan E. Gilster - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of community psychology, Vol.40(7), pp.769-784
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1002/jcop.20528
- PMID
- 27087709
- PMCID
- PMC4830483
- ISSN
- 0090-4392
- eISSN
- 1520-6629
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- T32HD049302 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) P50HD038986 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) T32 HD049302; P50 HD038986; R01 HD050467 / NICHD NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Center for Social Science Innovation; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283567002771
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