Publications [#277869] of Sherman A. James

Journal Articles

1. Parker, EA; Lichtenstein, RL; Schulz, AJ; Israel, BA; Schork, MA; Steinman, KJ; James, SA, Disentangling measures of individual perceptions of community social dynamics: results of a community survey., Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, vol. 28 no. 4 (August, 2001), pp. 462-486 [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/18)

   Abstract:
   This study examined how different measures of individual perceptions of community social dynamics relate to each other and how these measures relate to self-reported general health and depressive symptoms. Results of a principal components analysis conducted to investigate the interrelationships between these individual measures suggest that these measures measure separate phenomena. In addition, in results of multiple-regression analyses conducted to examine associations between the various measures of individual perceptions of community social dynamics and the dependent variables of self-reported general health and depressive symptoms, sense of community, perceived neighborhood control, and neighborhood participation were all associated with the outcome variables in separate regression models. In a regression model with these three variables added to control variables, only sense of community was significantly, albeit modestly, associated with depressive symptoms and self-reported general health.