The MTSOCS: A multidimensional sense of community scale for local communities

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-326

  Prezza, Miretta ^a   Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina ^b   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a   Zampatti, Emanuela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 70449344457     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20297     Document Type: Article

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