College Students' Perceptions of Collective Efficacy: Results from a Nonurban Sample

Autor/inn/en	Domoff, Sarah E.; Hayman, Jennifer; Tompsett, Carolyn J.
Titel	College Students' Perceptions of Collective Efficacy: Results from a Nonurban Sample
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 40 (2012) 6, S.762-768 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.21498
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Student Attitudes; Rural Areas; Social Control; Neighborhoods; College Students; Higher Education; Psychology; Educational Psychology; Undergraduate Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schülerverhalten; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Soziale Kontrolle; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Psychologie; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Grundstudium
Abstract	Although the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and collective efficacy is well established in urban populations with community samples, it is unclear if this relationship holds in rural areas. The current study fills this gap by assessing the perceptions of adolescents from nonurban areas to examine the relationships between neighborhood characteristics and collective efficacy in areas with lower population density. Our sample comprised 402 late adolescents attending a Midwestern university (average age 19.1 years). Consistent with previous studies using urban neighborhoods, we found that higher concentrated disadvantage was related to lower levels of social cohesion, regardless of population density. However, neither residential stability nor concentrated immigration was predictive of social cohesion. None of the neighborhood characteristics significantly predicted social control, after controlling for population density. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10