Prati Gabriele, Cicognani Elvira
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Eur J Psychol. 2019 Dec 12;15(4):689-699. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v15i4.1682. eCollection 2019 Dec.
Neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community have been associated with important outcomes for adolescents. However, the complex interplay between neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community among adolescents is not clear. Moreover, the studies showing an association between neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community have been cross-sectional. The present study investigated the directionality of the relationship between neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community using a longitudinal cross-lagged design. Using structural equation modeling, a cross-lagged panel analysis revealed that school sense of community at Time 1 significantly predicts neighborhood sense of community at Time 2 even after controlling for neighborhood sense of community at Time 1. However, neighborhood sense of community at Time 1 did not predict school sense of community at Time 2. Results of this study support the theory that school sense of community can provide students with a bridge between school and community.
邻里社区感和学校社区感与青少年的重要发展结果相关。然而，青少年的邻里社区感和学校社区感之间复杂的相互作用尚不清楚。此外，显示邻里社区感和学校社区感之间存在关联的研究都是横断面研究。本研究采用纵向交叉滞后设计，调查了邻里社区感和学校社区感之间关系的方向性。通过结构方程模型，交叉滞后面板分析显示，即使在控制了第1时间点的邻里社区感之后，第1时间点的学校社区感仍能显著预测第2时间点的邻里社区感。然而，第1时间点的邻里社区感并不能预测第2时间点的学校社区感。本研究结果支持了学校社区感可以为学生提供学校与社区之间桥梁的理论。
