Medida y estructura interna del sentimiento de comunidad: un estudio empírico
Sense of community: Measurement and internal structure; An empirical studyAuthor: Vidal, Alipio Sánchez
Source: Revista de Psicología Social, Volume 16, Number 2, 1 June 2001 , pp. 157-175(19)
Publisher: Fundación Infancia y Aprendizaje
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Abstract:
El sentimiento de comunidad (SC) es un tema teórica y socialmente relevante que sólo recientemente ha sido objeto de investigación empírica. Tras examinar la evolución conceptual y la literatura empírica sobre el SC, se explora la viabilidad transcultural de las medidas e investigación mayoritariamente anglosajona. Para ello se desarrolla y prueba una medidamdash;una escala auto-descriptiva de 18 items—del SC en un contexto urbano y altamente comunitario, La Barceloneta. El análisis estadístico de los resultados obtenidos de una muestra representiva indican que la escala es fiable y multidimensional aunque está dominada por un factor principal de carácter relacional (Interacción Vecinal), siendo Arraigo Territorial e Interdependencia factores menores. Los resultados, cuyas implicaciones son discutidas, confirman globalmente los análisis teóricos y empíricos pasados así como la teoría de Sarason que fundamentó el desarrollo de la escala. Sense of community (SC) is a theoretically and socially relevant topic that has only recently been empirically researched. After reviewing the relevant theoretical and empirical literature, this study explores cross-cultural viability of measures and research mainly conducted in the United States and English speaking countries by building and testing a measure of SC in an urban, highly communitarian Spanish neighborhood, La Barceloneta. A 18-item self-report scale was developed and applied to a sample. Statistical analysis showed the scale to be reliable and multidimensional although dominated by a main relational factor (Neighborhood Interaction) with two other, minor although conceptually meaningful ones: Territorial Rooting or belonging and Interdependence. Results, whose theoretical and practical implications are discussed, supported most of Sarason's theory of SC and of past empirical and theoretical analyses.Keywords: COMUNIDAD; SENTIMIENTO DE COMUNIDAD; PSICOLOGIA COMUNITARIA; COMMUNITY; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1174/021347401317351116
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