Transforming Individual Civic Engagement into Community Collective Efficacy: The Role of Bonding Social Capital

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• 作者：Charles R. Collins (1)
  Jennifer Watling Neal (2)
  Zachary P. Neal (2)
  
• 关键词：Civic engagement ; Bonding social capital ; Collective efficacy ; Comprehensive community initiatives ; Community change
• 刊名：American Journal of Community Psychology
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：December 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：54
• 期：3-4
• 页码：328-336
• 全文大小：246 KB
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• 作者单位：Charles R. Collins (1)
  Jennifer Watling Neal (2)
  Zachary P. Neal (2)
  
  1. School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Box 358530, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA, 98011-8246, USA
  2. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
  
• ISSN：1573-2770

文摘

Collective efficacy is defined as residents-perceived collective capacity to take coordinated and interdependent action on issues that affect their lives. This study explored factors associated with neighborhood collective efficacy among residents. Utilizing a national sample of 4,120 urban households provided by Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Making Connection Initiative, we investigated the mediating role of residents-perceptions of bonding social capital (i.e. reciprocity, trust, and shared norms) in the association between civic engagement and collective efficacy. Multiple regression analyses revealed that civic engagement and bonding social capital were both directly related to collective efficacy. Additionally, bonding social capital partially mediated the relationship between civic engagement and collective efficacy. Specifically, residents who reported greater levels of civic engagement also reported higher levels of bonding social capital. In turn, residents who reported higher levels of bonding social capital also reported higher levels of neighborhood collective efficacy. We discuss implications of these findings for researchers and practitioners interested in associations of neighborhood collective efficacy.