Walton Emily
Department of Sociology, Dartmouth College, 108 Silsby Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, United States.
Health Place. 2018 Mar;50:6-15. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.01.001. Epub 2018 Jan 11.
As the United States diversifies, individuals are increasingly encountering and managing racial and ethnic difference in their neighboring relationships, thus challenging the "cultural" basis for consensus on the local meaning of community. This mixed-methods study considers the ways in which sense of community relates to mental health in two longstanding racially- and socioeconomically-diverse neighborhoods. I ask how social resources are distributed within diverse neighborhoods, integrating survey (N = 243) and interview (N = 60) data to make observations about both the existence and nature of relationships among the unique dimensions of sense of community and mental health. Findings indicate that the influence dimension of sense of community is particularly vital for mental health, and that whites and homeowners perceive and utilize influence more than other residents. I use residents' narratives about their experiences to interpret how influence may relate to mental health and elaborate the ways in which people of color, renters, and individuals with long tenure comprehend their lack of influence in diverse neighborhoods.
随着美国人口多样化，人们在邻里关系中越来越多地遇到并处理种族和民族差异问题，从而对社区地方意义共识的“文化”基础构成挑战。这项混合方法研究考察了社区感与两个长期存在种族和社会经济差异的社区中心理健康之间的关系。我探讨社会资源在不同社区内是如何分配的，整合了调查（N = 243）和访谈（N = 60）数据，以观察社区感和心理健康独特维度之间关系的存在及性质。研究结果表明，社区感的影响维度对心理健康尤为重要，而且白人及房主比其他居民更能感知并利用影响力。我利用居民对自身经历的叙述来解读影响力与心理健康的关联方式，并详细阐述有色人种、租房者以及长期居住者如何理解他们在不同社区中缺乏影响力的情况。
