Viewing community as responsibility as well as resource: Deconstructing the theoretical roots of psychological sense of community

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 828-841

  Nowell, Branda ^a   Boyd, Neil ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79957959408     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20398     Document Type: Article

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