Department of Human Development and Family Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
J Community Psychol. 2020 Jul;48(5):1637-1650. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22357. Epub 2020 Apr 15.
Drawing from the social organization theory of action and change, the role of community-capacity elements (shared responsibility and collective competence) for military members' and their civilian spouses' well-being is examined. With data from 266 active-duty military families, military members and their spouses are classified by theory-based community-capacity type. A path analysis examines associations between community types, elements of military context (rank and transitions), and dimensions of well-being (anxiety, depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, life satisfaction). There were few variations in community capacity across rank and transitions. For military members' and their civilian spouses, community types were differentially associated with well-being, particularly in disengaged and synergetic communities. Well-being was generally highest for those in synergistic communities (high shared responsibility and collective competence) and lowest in disengaged communities (low shared responsibility and collective competence). Findings inform intervention and prevention efforts seeking to activate communities as a mechanism for fostering well-being.
借鉴社会行动和变革组织理论，考察了社区能力要素（共同责任和集体能力）对军人及其 civilian 配偶幸福的作用。利用来自 266 个现役军人家庭的数据，根据基于理论的社区能力类型对军人及其 civilian 配偶进行分类。路径分析考察了社区类型、军事环境要素（军衔和转型）与幸福感维度（焦虑、抑郁症状、自我效能、生活满意度）之间的关联。在军衔和转型方面，社区能力的变化很少。对于军人及其 civilian 配偶，社区类型与幸福感存在差异关联，特别是在非参与性和协同性社区。在协同性社区（共同责任和集体能力高）中，幸福感通常最高，而在非参与性社区（共同责任和集体能力低）中，幸福感最低。研究结果为寻求将社区作为促进幸福感的机制的干预和预防工作提供了信息。
