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Many studies indicate that participation and sense of community (SoC) are associated factors enhancing community … this relationship across contexts, populations and different forms of community participation. A meta-analysis was … conducted to assess the following: (a) the strength and stability of the SoC-participation relationship; (b) variations in this …
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This paper is dedicated to methodological issues related to the construction of social indicators of well-being for sustainable territories. These new indicators could be used to improve the understanding of economic realities and also to assist public decision-making in order to redesign public...
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In the Netherlands, topics related to social cohesion, such as various aspects of participation and trust, are … volunteering; (b) Political participation (turnout and participation in political actions); (c) Social, institutional and political … trust. Overall, we found no empirical evidence for a decline in participation and trust levels. However, there are large …
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Over the last decades, the European Statistical System has developed many European statistics and indicators to measure social progress and sustainable development. Initially only in a few cases the measuring instruments contained questions on subjective issues. With the adoption of its...
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A community’s history, as represented in the cultural and built environment, can serve as an important asset for economic development and sustainable stewardship. Challenges abound in linking historic preservation and community economic development, especially in communities at risk of losing...
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The two-continua model of mental health contends that both psychological distress and psychological well-being make related-yet-distinct contributions to our understanding of human health and its relations with other quality of life outcomes. Using self-reported somatization, depression, and...
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It has been proposed that a sense of control (primary control) is critical to maintaining positive and stable subjective wellbeing (SWB). As people age and control capacity presumably declines (due to physical and cognitive deterioration and increased sociocultural challenges), it is argued that...
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