Revised Community Organization Sense of Community Scale (COSCS-R)

1.    People have a real say about what goes on in (organization name).
2.    People in (organization name) respond to what I think is important.
3.    Being in (organization name) allows me to be around important people.
4.    (Organization name) helps me to be a part of other groups in this city.
5.    (Organization name) is respected in this city.
6.    (Organization name) gets a lot done in this community.
7.    I like living in this town; (city name) is the place for me.
8.    (City name) is a good place for me to live.
 
Relationship to Organization (RO)‚ Organization as Mediator (OM)‚ Influence of Organization (IO)‚ and Bond to Community (BC)
 
Strongly Agree‚ Agree‚ Somewhat Agree‚ Somewhat Disagree‚ Disagree‚ Strongly Disagree
Relationship to Organization (1‚ 2); Organization as Mediator (3‚ 4)‚ Influence of Organization 5‚ 6)‚ Bond to Community (7‚ 8)
This instrument can be found at: Simmons C. A.‚ Lehmann P. (eds). Google Scholar& http://academicarchive.snhu.edu/bitstream/handle/10474/2290/sced2012fernando.pdf?sequence=1
 

McMillan‚ D.W.‚ & Chavis‚ D.M. (1986). Sense of community: A definition and theory. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 14‚ 6–23.

Hughey‚ J.‚ Speer‚ P.‚ & Peterson‚ N. (1999). Sense of community in community organizations: Structure and evidence of validity. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 27(1)‚ 97-113.

Peterson‚ N.A.‚ Speer‚ P.W.‚ & Hughey‚ J. (2006). Measuring sense of community: A methodological interpretation of the factor structure debate. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 34‚ 453–469.

Peterson‚ A. N.‚ Speer‚ P. W.‚ Hughey‚ J.‚ Armstead‚ T. L.‚ Schneider‚ J. E.‚ & Sheffer‚ M. A. (2008). Community organizations and sense of community: Further development in theory and measurement. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 36(6)‚ 798–813.

Peterson‚ A. N.‚ Speer‚ P. W.‚ & McMillan‚ D. W. (2008). Validation of a brief sense of community scale: Confirmation of the principle theory of sense of community. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 36‚ 61–73.

Peterson et al.‚ (2008). Revised Community Organization Sense of Community Scale. In: Simmons C. A.‚ Lehmann P. (eds). Tools for strengths-based assessment and evaluation‚ New York‚ NY: Springer‚ pp. 374–375. (2013). Google Scholar

Fernando‚ Rukshan. (2012). How Organizations Promote a Sense of Community and Empowerment Leading Towards Community Participation: A View of the Middle. Ph.D. dissertation. Southern New Hampshire University

x
LinkedInRedditMessengerTelegramWhatsApp

Related terms:

  1. Revised Community Organization Sense of Community Scale (COSCS-R)
  2. KINESTHETIC SENSE (Movement Sense)
  3. Brief sense of community scale (BSCS)
  4. Sense of Community Index (SCI)
  5. Sense of Community Index 2 (SCI-2)
  6. Sense of Community
  7. Person-Organization Fit Scale
  8. Perceived Person-Organization Fit scale
  9. Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES)
  10. Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)