Does Sense of Community Matter in Community Well-Being?

Abstract

Social factors traverse a large territory of impact and considerations. This volume seeks to explore several factors from the perspective of interaction, impacts, or outcomes on community well-being. It is at this intersection or nexus between social factors, policy, and impacts, and community well-being that insightful work is being done. The idea of influencing social factors and outcomes is of course not new; however, linking this to community well-being is a newer endeavor. It is our intent that this volume will serve to spur interest in and more research on the subject of social factors and community well-being. The emergence of ideas and applications is happening rapidly and we sincerely hope this collection of research will be beneficial to supporting research at the beneficial intersection of social factors, policy, and well-being. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)