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Gattino S, Rizzo M, Gatti F, Compare C, Procentese F, Guarino A, Di Napoli I, Barbieri I, Fedi A, Aresi G, Marta E, Marzana D, Prati G, Rochira A, Tzankova I, Albanesi C. COVID-19 in our lives: Sense of community, sense of community responsibility, and reflexivity in present concerns and perception of the future. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 50:2344-2365. [PMID: 34927731 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The aim of this study is to examine the association between citizens' perceptions of the effectiveness of the institutional response, their connection and responsibility to their community (Sense of Community-SoC; Sense of Community Responsibility-SoC-R), and their personal and social concerns about the current emergency and their perceptions of a postpandemic future during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Another variable considered was the personal reflexivity about the COVID-19 pandemic. 3925 Italian adults completed an online questionnaire during the first COVID-19 lockdown. A structural equation model with mediation was tested. Institutional effectiveness was associated with SoC, SoC-R, current social concerns, and perceptions of a postpandemic future. SoC and SoC-R were associated with current personal and social concerns, and perceptions of a postpandemic future. Reflexivity was negatively associated with SoC and positively associated with SoC-R, mediating the relationships between SoC, SoC-R and current personal and social concerns and perceptions of a postpandemic future. Findings indicate the need to adopt a perspective that considers individual and socio-political levels and their interaction to better understand the impact of the pandemic during a national lockdown.
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Affiliation(s)
- Silvia Gattino
- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Storia, Società e Studi sull'uomo, Laboratory of Applied Psychology Italy, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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Relationships between Sense of Community, Authenticity, and Meaning in Life in Four Social Communities in France. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14021018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This research explored the effects of sense of community and authenticity on meaning in life in social communities in France. The sample included one hundred participants from four social communities (i.e., political, religious, virtual learning, and mutual aid). The Meaning in Life Questionnaire, the Sense of Community Scale, and the Authenticity Scale were administered to the respondents. The correlational analyses indicated that sense of community and authenticity were more related to the presence of meaning (r = 0.29 and r = 0.54, respectively) than to the search for meaning (r = −0.39 and r = 0.03, respectively). In addition, no interaction effects were found between sense of community and the three dimensions of authenticity, suggesting that the level of authenticity did not influence the relationships between sense of community and presence of or search for meaning. The practical and research implications of the study for social communities in the field of existential psychology were discussed.
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Mannarini T, Procentese F, Gatti F, Rochira A, Fedi A, Tartaglia S. Basic human values and sense of community as resource and responsibility. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Terri Mannarini
- Department of History, Society and Human Studies University of Salento Lecce Italy
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- Department of Humanities University of Naples Federico II Naples Italy
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- Department of History, Society and Human Studies University of Salento Lecce Italy
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- Department of Psychology University of Turin Turin Italy
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