[Commpsych] FW: [SCRA-L] The return of Senseofcommunity.com and introducing the SCI-2

[Dawn Darlaston-jones]

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From: SCRA-L Div27 General Membership List [mailto:SCRA-L at LISTS.APA.ORG] On Behalf Of David ChavisSent: Wednesday, 11 March 2009 7:03 AMTo: SCRA-L at LISTS.APA.ORGSubject: [SCRA-L] The return of Senseofcommunity.com and introducing the SCI-2

 

Hi!

 

I am pleased to announce that we have reactivated www.senseofcommunity.com , which will hopefully become your one stop for all things related to sense of community's theory, research, and practice. Unfortunately, we were attacked by spammers and all sorts of internet based undesirables. We hope the new site, which has added protections and features, will again become an international  forum for sharing, helping each other, and advancing our understanding and use of a sense of community and related topics.  If you registered before, unfortunately you have to register again, sorry.

 

We are also pleased to announce that we have posted the second revision of the Sense of Community Index (SCI-2) in the SenseofCommunity.com Library along with the original SCI in English and Spanish. The SCI-2 manual includes the instrument,  instructions for use, and initial reliability and validity information.  The SCI-2 was developed as a response to new knowledge about a sense of community that has emerged since the SCI was developed in 1985 as well as addressing (successfully) the psychometric and other concerns that have been raised in the literature. This instrument is based on the theory presented in McMillan and Chavis, (1986)  The initial finding are very encouraging. It has already been used successful cross culturally (Sri Lanka). That information will hopefully be posted soon.

 

I hope everyone interested will join this site and create an international forum for increasing our understand and use of a sense of community.

 

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David

 

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