Reexamining the associations among community attachment, community-oriented actions, and individual-level constraints to involvement

Gene L. Theodori

Community Development, 2018, vol. 49, issue 1, 101-115

Abstract: Building upon previous research, this study reexamines the associations among community attachment, community-directed behaviors, and individual-level constraints to involvement in community-oriented actions. Using data collected in a general population survey from a random sample of individuals living in 22 rural places in Texas, the following two hypotheses were tested: (1) that community attachment is positively associated with community-oriented actions, and (2) that community attachment is associated with individual-level constraints to involvement in community-oriented actions. The first hypothesis received substantial support; the second hypothesis received moderate support. Possible implications of the findings for researchers, public leaders, Cooperative Extension personnel, and community development practitioners working in local communities in/around rural places containing population settlements are advanced.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2017.1391307

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