Journal articles: 'Community congruence'

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Rennebohm, Samuel B., Melissa Caris, Jyssica Seebeck, and John W. Thoburn. "Community Interest Congruence." Family Journal 26, no. 4 (September 10, 2018): 384–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480718799073.

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Attachment has been shown to play a significant role in adult romantic relationships, and there is substantial evidence supporting the use of attachment-based interventions with couples. Prevailing conceptualizations of dyadic functioning often incorporate biological and psychological factors, such as attachment, but often limit their scope of social factors to the dyad itself. Such conceptualizations do not attend to the relationship between couples and their wider community. Awareness of social and community values is much more common in individual therapy but has not been integrated into couple’s work. In this article, we propose a biopsychosocial foundation for viewing the relationship between couples and their wider community through the lens of attachment, in which securely attached couples are more likely to have community interest congruence and insecurely attached couples are more likely to experience incongruence. Translating this theoretical foundation into practice, we also propose a stepwise approach for integrating community interest work into the established framework of emotionally focused therapy with couples.

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Richard, Orlando Curtae’, Marcus M. Stewart, Patrick F. McKay, and Timothy W. Sackett. "The Impact of Store-Unit–Community Racial Diversity Congruence on Store-Unit Sales Performance." Journal of Management 43, no. 7 (April 1, 2015): 2386–403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206315579511.

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We introduce the racial diversity congruence concept to examine how matching levels of racial diversity between store-unit employees and community members relate to store-unit sales performance. In a field study of 220 retail store units, we found evidence supporting social identity theory and information-based perspectives on the racial diversity congruence–sales performance relationship. Specifically, results show that a match between store-unit racial diversity and community racial diversity positively related to store-unit sales performance. In addition, superior store-unit performance emerged when store units and communities had congruent levels of diversity at high (i.e., high-high racial diversity congruence) rather than low (i.e., low-low racial diversity congruence) levels. Moreover, we found asymmetrical incongruence effects whereby racially diverse store units in less-diverse communities outperformed store units with lower levels of racial diversity operating in diverse communities. The implications of our results are discussed in light of study limitations and future research needs.

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Pinto, Rogério M., Clecy N. T. Schmidt, Paulo S. O. Rodriguez, and Renata Solano. "Using principles of community participatory research." International Social Work 50, no. 1 (January 2007): 53–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872807071482.

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English This article presents a five-step model for establishing participatory research reflecting the principles of collaboration between researchers and community partners. Theoretical discussion is illustrated from experience gained in the preliminary phases of an international research project on HIV/AIDS work in Brazil. The congruence with social work values is noted. French Cet article présente un modèle en cinque étapes d'établissement d'une recherche participative. Ce modèle reflète des principes de collaboration entre chercheurs et partenaires communautaires. L'expérience de la phase préparatoire d'un projet de recherche internationale en lien avec le travail se le VIH/SIDA au Brésil en illustre les fondements théoriques. La congruence avec le travail social est notée. Spanish Se presenta un modelo de cinco fases para establecer investigación participativa, modelo que refleja los principios de colaboración entre los investigardores y los miembros de la comunidad. La teoría se ilustra con la experiencia derivada de las fases preparatorias de un proyecto de investigación internacional sobre el VIH/SIDA en el Brasil. Se destaca la congruencia de tal proyecto con los valores éticos del trabajo social.

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Kirkpatrick, Shane. "Life in a "Community of Congruence"." Teaching Theology & Religion 10, no. 3 (July 2007): 182–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9647.2007.00358.x.

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Nadeau, John, Ann Pegoraro, D. Floyd Jones, Norm O’Reilly, and Paulo Carvalho. "Racial-Ethnic Team-Market Congruency in Professional Sport." Journal of Sport Management 25, no. 2 (March 2011): 169–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.25.2.169.

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This paper reports on an investigation of racial-ethnic congruency among professional sport teams and their local markets. The study empirically tested the relationship between racial-ethnic team-market congruence and market support. Results of the research provide some support for the relevance of team and market congruency in the marketing of professional sport. Although varying by city, by North American professional sport league, and by racial-ethnic community, the results demonstrate that consumers have noticed and used their own reflections in professional baseball teams to influence their level of team support.

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Dickson, Caroline AW. "Achieving congruence in ‘being and doing’ community nursing." British Journal of Community Nursing 27, no. 6 (June 2, 2022): 288–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2022.27.6.288.

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Conceptual and theoretical frameworks for person-centred community nursing practices have not yet been fully developed. There is a need to explore this further in order to guide future district nursing, which forms part of the community nursing discipline in the UK. The contemporary district nursing role is undergoing change, although there appears to be little consensus about the district nurse's (DN) vision across the UK, and little indication of the theoretical position underpinning this change. Meeting strategic requirements ( National Health Service (NHS), 2019 ; Scottish Government (SG), 2017a & b ), DNs have advancing clinical expertise and are recognised for their technical skills. However, one may contend that this emphasis on ‘doing’ in practice contributes to practice decisions made exclusively on task performance by strategic decision-makers, and DNs continually viewing themselves as invisible ( National Assembly for Wales,, 2019 ; Queens Nursing Institute (QNI), 2006 ; Dickson 2018 ; 2020 ). District nursing education may contribute to this lack of clarity as curricula are based on borrowed theory from other disciplines that continue to focus on ‘how to do’, with little emphasis on ‘how to be’ a DN, and the continued decrease in DN numbers across the UK may be a consequence. In this paper, I explore current evidence that underpins district nursing practice, education and research in the UK, and advocate the use of the Person-centred Practice Framework (PCPF) ( McCormack and McCance, 2017 ) as a means of unifying and guiding ‘being a person-centred DN.’ This will enable practitioners who can draw on multiple forms of evidence to inform their advancing practice. This article offers philosophical and pedagogical principles to underpin person-centred education going forward. I argue this will promote congruence between ‘doing’ and ‘being’ a DN, giving a voice to DNs, and direction to their specialism.

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Rosenblum, Nancy L. "Democratic Character and Community: The Logic of Congruence?" Journal of Political Philosophy 2, no. 1 (March 1994): 67–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9760.1994.tb00016.x.

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Smith, Robert J., Sarah Jovan, and Susan Will-Wolf. "Lack of congruence between terrestrial and epiphytic lichen strata in boreal forests." Lichenologist 53, no. 1 (January 2021): 149–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0024282920000407.

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AbstractLichens occupy diverse substrates across tremendous ranges of environmental variation. In boreal forests, lichen communities co-occur in ‘strata’ defined by terrestrial or arboreal substrates, but these strata may or may not be interchangeable as bioindicators. Do co-occurring lichen strata have similar community structures and environmental responses? Could one stratum serve as a proxy for the other? We assessed variation in species richness and community compositions between ground-layer versus epiphyte-layer lichen strata in boreal forests and peatlands of interior Alaska. Species richness was lower and more spatially structured in the ground layer than the epiphyte layer. Richness of strata was not correlated. The most compositionally unique ground-layer communities were species-poor but contained regionally rare species not common in other plots. Variation in community compositions (ordination scores) were not congruent between strata (Procrustes congruence < 0.16 on 0–1 scale); the largest departures from congruence occurred where ground layers were species-poor. The best predictors of ground-layer community compositions were hydrological and topographic, whereas epiphytes were most associated with macroclimate and tree abundances. We conclude that lichens on different substrates ‘move in different circles’: compositional gradients did not agree and the environmental gradients most important to each lichen stratum were not the same. The conditions which strongly influence one vegetation stratum may have little bearing upon another. As global changes modify habitats, an incremental change in environment may lead community trajectories to diverge among lichen strata.

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Xue, Lan, and Deborah Kerstetter. "Discourse and Power Relations in Community Tourism." Journal of Travel Research 57, no. 6 (June 15, 2017): 757–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287517714908.

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Adopting a mixed method of ethnographic fieldwork approach and critical discourse analysis, we explored the implicit power relations between a private company and local residents in Chongdu Valley, China. Three themes—destination image, development outcomes, and institutions and regulations—were identified within the discourses of the two groups and then examined for their intertextuality and congruence/incongruence. The findings suggested that in spite of congruence on destination image and overall development outcomes, the two groups held conflicting values, theories, and attitudes, and thus divergent discourses toward a range of tourism development issues. We concluded with a series of suggestions on how the power structure of Chongdu Valley should be changed to mitigate the relationship between the community and the private company, and comments regarding the effectiveness of discourse analysis as a research tool in uncovering implicit power relations at the community level.

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Gavrilova, T. P. "Congruence problem in Christian communication." Psychological-Educational Studies 6, no. 1 (2014): 209–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2014060124.

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We reveal possible approaches to the interpretation of the congruence phenomenon and its projection in the Christian community. Congruence is regarded as intrapersonal and interpersonal feature. Matching and mismatching of intrapersonal and interpersonal congruence depends on the degree of integration of human personality, his attitude towards himself and others, communication skills, willingness to maintain contact or to engage in dialogue. The article emphasizes the importance of integration of Christian personality and authenticity for his progress towards spiritual growth. These types of religious persons differ in the nature of response to the sins of others, are analyzed in terms of congruence / incongruence and personality integration / disintegration.

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Aini, Nurul, and Augusty Ferdinand. "Self-congruence theory: Factors affecting brand loyalty in fast-moving consumer goods industry." Jurnal Inovasi Ekonomi 7, no. 01 (November 7, 2021): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/jiko.v7i01.18111.

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This study aims to formulate a conceptual model for analyzing several variables on customer engagement and brand loyalty, especially in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. The self-congruence theory used in this study will go through the value of congruity, brand attractiveness, and customer-brand identification. The study uses structural equation modeling with samples of 105 respondents. The result is value congruence has a positive effect on brand attractiveness and customer brand identification. Customer engagement has a positive impact on customer brand identification. Brand attractiveness has a positive impact on customer brand identification and brand loyalty. Also, customer brand identification has a positive effect on brand loyalty.

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Kobayashi, Karen M., and Laura Funk. "Of the Family Tree: Congruence on Filial Obligation between Older Parents and Adult Children in Japanese Canadian Families." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 29, no. 1 (March 2010): 85–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980809990341.

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RÉSUMÉS’inspirant de l’hypothèse d’enjeu intergénérationelle (Bengtson and Kuypers, 1971), cet’article étudie la congruence et l’in-congruence entre les générations sur l’obligation filiale, et les implications pour l’assistance sociale, entre les parents anciens nisei (la seconde génération) et les enfants adultes de sansei (la troisième génération) dans les familles canadiennes japonaises. À l’aide des données des entretiens semi-structurés avec 100 dyads parent-enfant en la Colombie Britannique, la congruence sur des réponses fermées aux déclarations de valeur (la congruence de degré) et la congruence de contenu des réponses ouvertes sont examinés. Les conclusions montrent que la majorité des dyads parent-enfant indique congruence globale (degré et contenu) en ligne directe d’obligation, surtout lorsqu’un parent est féminin, veuf, ou dont l’état de santé est mauvaise ou passable. Nous concluons que, malgré des expériences sensiblement différentes dans le cours de la vie et des processus d’acculturation différents, les deux générations continuent de considérer l’obligation filiale comme importante. Ces conclusions sont discutées quant aux implications pour les échanges de soutien social, étant donné une évaluation continue de l’obligation filiale en Asie post-immigrant (né en Amérique du Nord) et familles immigrantes.

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Hermann, Chantal A., Ian V. McPhail, L. Maaike Helmus, and R. Karl Hanson. "Emotional Congruence With Children Is Associated With Sexual Deviancy in Sexual Offenders Against Children." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 61, no. 12 (December 24, 2015): 1311–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x15620830.

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Emotional congruence with children is a psychologically meaningful risk factor for sexual offending against children. The present study examines the correlates of emotional congruence with children in a sample of 424 adult male sexual offenders who started a period of community supervision in Canada, Alaska, and Iowa between 2001 and 2005. Consistent with previous work, we found sexual offenders against children high in emotional congruence with children were more likely to be sexually deviant, have poor sexual self-regulation, experience social loneliness, and have more distorted cognitions about sex with children. Overall, our findings are most consistent with a sexual deviancy model, with some support for a blockage model.

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Asirifi, Mary Asor, Linda Ogilvie, Sylvia Barton, Olenka Bilash, Kent Stobart, Patience Aniteye, Atswei Kwashie, Gloria Ansong, Cecilia Eliason, and Lydia Aziato. "Reflections on change theory and community-based participatory action research: Congruent, similar or different?" Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 12, no. 3 (October 25, 2021): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v12n3p11.

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While change is acknowledged as integral to all action research, literature linking the theories of change theoretically merits exploration. Are some theories of change more congruent to principles of action research than others? Does congruence depend on which type of action research and which change theory are being compared? During the implementation of a four-cycle community-based participatory action research (CBPR) project in nursing education in Ghana, such questions arose. This paper is an attempt to grapple with those questions. While Kotter’s eight-step theory of organizational change was chosen to guide this study, it became obvious that various elements of change theories were integrated in the study as it progressed. For Kotter’s organizational change theory to serve as an effective guide for the implementation cycles in the CBPR project, it must be conducted through the lens of critical social theory and a perspective on social and cultural change.

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Morelli, Federico, Zbigniew Kwieciński, Piotr Indykiewicz, Łukasz Jankowiak, Paweł Szymański, Petra Šímová, and Piotr Tryjanowski. "Congruence between breeding and wintering biodiversity hotspots: A case study in farmlands of Western Poland." European Journal of Ecology 4, no. 2 (January 1, 2019): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eje-2018-0014.

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Abstract Farmland landscapes are recognized as important ecosystems, not only for their rich biodiversity but equally so for the human beings who live and work in these places. However, biodiversity varies among sites (spatial change) and among seasons (temporal change). In this work, we tested the hypothesis that bird diversity hotspots distribution for breeding is congruent with bird diversity hotspots for wintering season, focusing also the representation of protected areas for the conservation of local hotspots. We proposed a framework based on the use of species richness, functional diversity, and evolutionary distinctiveness to characterize avian communities. Although our findings show that the spatial distribution of local bird hotspots differed slightly between seasons, the protected areas’ representation was similar in both seasons. Protected areas covered 65% of the most important zones for breeding and 71% for the wintering season in the farmland studied. Functional diversity showed similar patterns as did bird species richness, but this measure can be most effective for highlighting differences on bird community composition. Evolutionary distinctiveness was less congruent with species richness and functional diversity, among seasons. Our findings suggest that inter-seasonal spatial congruence of local hotspots can be considered as suitable areas upon which to concentrate greater conservation efforts. However, even considering the relative congruence of avian diversity metrics at a local spatial scale, simultaneous analysis of protected areas while inter-seasonally considering hotspots, can provide a more complete representation of ecosystems for assessing the conservation status and designating priority areas.

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You, Leping, and Linda C. Hon. "Testing the effects of reputation, value congruence and brand identity on word-of-mouth intentions." Journal of Communication Management 25, no. 2 (March 24, 2021): 160–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcom-10-2020-0119.

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PurposeThis study developed and tested a consumer relations model to determine linkages among brand identity, reputation and value congruence with positive Word-of- Mouth (WOM) intentions.Design/methodology/approachAn intercept survey was conducted during which 350 participants were asked about their perceptions of the store from where they are most likely to purchase coffee among options including multi-national corporations (MNCs) that have global brand identity and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with local brand identity.FindingsReputation and value congruence were positively related to positive WOM intentions. Unexpectedly, respondents indicated more positive WOM intentions toward SMEs than MNCs.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings suggested that value congruence and reputation are positively associated with WOM intentions. Yet, consumers indicated greater WOM intentions toward SMEs than MNCs, which implies that SMEs may be unique and have the ability to create more emotional attachment between businesses and consumers.Practical implicationsTo promote consumers' positive WOM intentions, corporate/brand communication practitioners need to build a favorable reputation through effective communication that externalizes organizational values among consumers and includes companies' commitment to the communities in which they operate.Originality/valueLike SMEs, MNCs should build quality relationships with the local community where they conduct business. Also, based on definitions of values and values congruence in the research literature, an original five-item scale of value congruence was developed and validated to measure the congruence between consumers' personal values and their perceptions of a company's values in the context of consumer relationship management.

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O'shea, Timothy C. "The Political Dimension of Community Policing: Belief Congruence Between Police and Citizens." Police Quarterly 3, no. 4 (December 2000): 389–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109861110000300403.

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Li, Zhen, Fuxi Wang, and Liqian Yang. "Looking in and looking out: Effects of (in)congruent corporate social responsibility on organizational cynicism." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 49, no. 12 (December 1, 2021): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.10945.

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts targeting both internal stakeholders (i.e., employees) and external stakeholders (i.e., environment, community, consumers) can mitigate employees' negative attitudes and behavior. However, the effects of (in)congruence between internal CSR (ICSR) and external CSR (ECSR) perceptions have not yet been examined. We used social comparison theory to investigate the joint effects of ICSR and ECSR perceptions on organizational cynicism, by conducting a polynomial regression analysis of 342 employees with data from a two-wave survey. The results show that employees experienced higher cynicism when ICSR and ECSR perceptions were incongruent, with high ECSR–low ICSR causing greater cynicism. Thus, there was an inverted U-shaped relationship between congruent CSR perceptions and organizational cynicism. Our findings have implications for research and practice.

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Scheid, Anna Floerke. "Interpersonal and Social Reconciliation: Finding Congruence in African Theological Anthropology." Horizons 39, no. 1 (2012): 27–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0360966900008525.

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ABSTRACTWestern scholars studying post-conflict truth and reconciliation commissions often presuppose a sharp divide between interpersonal and social forgiveness and reconciliation. This leads some to question and critique commissions that seek to promote forgiveness and reconciliation at both the interpersonal and the social levels. This project contends that the problem these scholars perceive may be based upon a dichotomy between the individual and the community that is absent in communitarian cultures. African theological anthropologies based on the notions of palaver and ubuntu illustrate that the human person is profoundly formed and preserved by the community, which sustains the individual through the promotion of certain ethical standards. In this context, expressions of interpersonal forgiveness and reconciliation have social ramifications. Cross-cultural discussion with African theologians thus re-situates this debate. African theological anthropology demonstrates the congruence among interpersonal and social expressions of forgiveness and reconciliation based in the community's commitment to the common good.

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Casali, Gian Luca, and Gary E. Day. "Treating an unhealthy organisational culture: the implications of the Bundaberg Hospital Inquiry for managerial ethical decision making." Australian Health Review 34, no. 1 (2010): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah09543.

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This paper explores the interplay between individual values, espoused organisational values and the values of the organisational culture in practice in light of a recent Royal Commission in Queensland, Australia, which highlighted systematic failures in patient care. The lack of congruence among values at these levels impacts upon the ethical decision making of health managers. The presence of institutional ethics regimes such as the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 (Qld) and agency codes of conduct are not sufficient to counteract the negative influence of informal codes of practice that undermine espoused organisational values and community standards. The ethical decision-making capacity of health care managers remains at the front line in the battle against unethical and unprofessional practice. What is known about the topic?Value congruence theory focusses on the conflicts between individual and organisational values. Congruence between individual values, espoused values and values expressed in everyday practice can only be achieved by ensuring that such shared values are an ever-present factor in managerial decision making. What does this paper add?The importance of value congruence in building and sustaining a healthy organisational culture is confirmed by the evidence presented in the Bundaberg Hospital Inquiry. The presence of strong individual values among staff and strong espoused values in line with community expectations and backed up by legislation and ethics regimes were not, in themselves, sufficient to ensure a healthy organisational culture and prevent unethical, and possibly illegal, behaviour. What are the implications for practitioners?Managers must incorporate ethics in decision making to establish and maintain the nexus between individual and organisational values that is a vital component of a healthy organisational culture.

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AlarcÃ³n, Ruben. "Congruence between visitation and pollen-transport networks in a California plantâpollinator community." Oikos 119, no. 1 (January 2010): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17694.x.

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Shouse, Roger C. "Academic press and sense of community: Conflict, congruence, and implications for student achievement." Social Psychology of Education 1, no. 1 (March 1996): 47–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02333405.

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Thomson, Russell J., Nicole A. Hill, Rebecca Leaper, Nick Ellis, C. Roland Pitcher, Neville S. Barrett, and Graham J. Edgar. "Congruence in demersal fish, macroinvertebrate, and macroalgal community turnover on shallow temperate reefs." Ecological Applications 24, no. 2 (March 2014): 287–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-1549.1.

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Al-Hoorie, Ali H. "Unconscious motivation. Part II: Implicit attitudes and L2 achievement." Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 6, no. 4 (December 30, 2016): 619–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2016.6.4.4.

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This paper investigates the attitudinal/motivational predictors of second language (L2) academic achievement. Young adult learners of English as a foreign language (N = 311) completed several self-report measures and the Single-Target Implicit Association Test. Examination of the motivational profiles of high and low achievers revealed that attachment to the L1 community and the ought-to L2 self were negatively associated with achievement, while explicit attitudes toward the L2 course and implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers were positively associated with it. The relationship between implicit attitudes and achievement could not be explained either by social desirability or by other cognitive confounds, and remained significant after controlling for explicit self-report measures. Explicit–implicit congruence also revealed a similar pattern, in that congruent learners were more open to the L2 community and obtained higher achievement. The results also showed that neither the ideal L2 self nor intended effort had any association with actual L2 achievement, and that intended effort was particularly prone to social desirability biases. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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Saracco-Álvarez, Ricardo Arturo, Ana Fresán, Víctor Rodríguez Pérez, Rebeca Robles-García, Raúl Iván Escamilla Orozco, Leonila Rosa Díaz Martínez, Carlos-Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, and José Luis Olivares Neumann. "Development of the Mexican Version of the Empathy Quotient." Salud mental 43, no. 2 (March 9, 2020): 85–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.17711/sm.0185-3325.2020.012.

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Introduction. Empathy is defined as the ability or process to identify and understand other person’s situation, feelings, and motives. These responses are essential for relationships and social behavior. Baron-Cohen et al. created the Empathy Quotient (EQ), a scale explicitly designed to have a clinical application. The instrument evaluates three constructs of empathy and several studies around worldwide, but not in Mexico. Objective. To examine the psychometric properties and the factor congruence of the EQ in a community sample from Mexico City. Method. Cronbach´s alpha coefficient and a correspondence factorial analysis was performed to test the relation between response options and factors from the Exploratory Factor Analysis 200 adults without Axis I disorders through the MINI, filled out the Spanish version of the short version (28-items) of the EQ. An exploratory factor analysis was performed while reliability was tested with Cronbach’s alpha. In addition, correspondence factorial analysis and the factor congruence coefficient were determined. Results. Five items were eliminated from the original 28-item EQ. From the 23 remaining items, only 16 were grouped in the three original proposed dimensions (cognitive empathy: 8 items, emotional reactivity: 4 items and social skills: 3 items), while one item showed communality with a different domain from the one originally proposed. Reliability was adequate (.82) as well as the congruence coefficients (.76 to .99). Discussion and conclusion. The EQ Mexican 16-item version is a good tool to assess empathy in a Mexican population.

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Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan, Alice M. K. Wong, Hsiu-Feng Lee, and Kevin C. Tseng. "The Influence of Brand Image on Brand Extension Evaluation: Design of the Living Intention Service Model and Brand Positioning of a Retirement Community." Sustainability 12, no. 18 (September 11, 2020): 7478. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187478.

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The proportion of the elderly in Taiwan’s population has been increasing in recent years. In the context of ageing and a low birth rate, retirement care for the elderly has become a serious challenge but remains underresearched. Choosing a retirement community that meets the needs of the elderly by considering their health and leisure activities and providing housing has become an important ageing-related topic. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether the living intention of the elderly when choosing a retirement community is affected by brand attachment, high partner quality, brand trust and commitment, and brand self-congruence. A living intention service model is proposed and an empirical study is conducted with 101 random residents of Chang Gung Health and Culture Village (CGHCV) to measure the constructs proposed in the model. The results show that self-congruence and partner quality did not have a significant impact on the elderly’s brand trust and commitment, likely because when choosing their last residence, unlike when buying general consumer products, the elderly attach more importance to healthcare brands, which in turn affects their living intention.

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Schalock, Robert L., and C. Mark Jensen. "Assessing the Goodness-of-Fit between Persons and Their Environments." Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps 11, no. 2 (June 1986): 103–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154079698601100203.

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This article outlines the assessment and quantification procedures involved in determining the goodness-of-fit (congruence) between persons and their environments. A three-step procedure is outlined that includes (a) assessing a person's behavioral capabilities on a series of either community living or vocational skills, (b) determining the performance requirements within the person's respective living or work environments, and (c) computing a Goodness-of-Fit Index (GOFI) that quantifies the congruence. Concurrent validity and correlational data are presented that summarize the relationship among criterion groups, GOFIs, and a number of outcome measures. This article concludes with a discussion of potential uses of the GOFI procedure for completing discrepancy analyses, person- and setting-intervention strategies, and formulating program development and evaluation strategies.

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Andrade, Joana, Ana Rita Cruz, Olga Cunha, Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, and Andreia Castro Rodrigues. "Community sanctions: Offenders’ perceptions about their appropriateness." European Journal of Probation 13, no. 2 (May 16, 2021): 161–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20662203211014161.

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This study analyzed offenders’ perceptions about distinct sanctions and their adequacy for different crimes, checking if these ideas apply to their crime. We covered a total of 163 adult offenders who were sanctioned with a non-custodial order. The results show that participants tended to express a punitive attitude toward crime, apart from their offenses. Participants who committed driving or drug trafficking offenses were those that revealed congruence regarding the adequacy of the sentence and the usefulness of the sanction imposed. Regarding sentences’ purposes, we noticed most participants considered punishment and general deterrence as the primary purposes. The main contribution of this study lies in its educational value about the cognitive particularities and specific needs of each type of offender. Not attending to offenders’ perceptions regarding sanctions may function as an obstacle for an efficient implementation of the Justice, in terms of their adherence to the sanctions, and consequently their rehabilitation.

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Hébert, Michèle, Rachel Thibeault, Anic Landry, Michèle Boisvenu, and Diane Laporte. "Introducing an Evaluation of Community Based Occupational Therapy Services: A Client-Centred Practice." Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 67, no. 3 (April 2000): 146–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000841740006700309.

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The results of a study conducted in 1996 by the “Groupe de recherche en ergothérapie communautaire” (GREC), indicate that the quality of occupational therapy services in community settings is infrequently evaluated. A conceptual framework supporting such a process is presented in the context of client-centered services with a focus on continuous health care improvement. Both the research process leading to the design of an assessment tool, and its congruence with the beliefs and values of the profession, are explored. Finally, some issues relating to the implementation of a formal evaluation process are discussed.

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Kovalenko, K. E., V. J. Brady, T. N. Brown, J. J. H. Ciborowski, N. P. Danz, J. P. Gathman, G. E. Host, et al. "Congruence of community thresholds in response to anthropogenic stress in Great Lakes coastal wetlands." Freshwater Science 33, no. 3 (September 2014): 958–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/676913.

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Chawaka, Selamawit Negassa, Seid Tiku Mereta, Chemeda Abedeta Garbaba, Peter L. M. Goethals, and Pieter Boets. "Community congruence between macroinvertebrates and wetland dependent birds in natural wetlands of southwest Ethiopia." Limnologica 83 (July 2020): 125797. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2020.125797.

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Bacaro, Tordoni, Martellos, Maccherini, Marignani, Muggia, Petruzzellis, et al. "Cross Taxon Congruence Between Lichens and Vascular Plants in a Riparian Ecosystem." Diversity 11, no. 8 (August 13, 2019): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d11080133.

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Despite that congruence across taxa has been proved as an effective tool to provide insights into the processes structuring the spatial distribution of taxonomic groups and is useful for conservation purposes, only a few studies on cross-taxon congruence focused on freshwater ecosystems and on the relations among vascular plants and lichens. We hypothesized here that, since vascular plants could be good surrogates of lichens in these ecosystems, it would be possible to assess the overall biodiversity of riparian habitats using plant data only. In this frame, we explored the relationship between (a) species richness and (b) community composition of plants and lichens in a wetland area located in central Italy to (i) assess whether vascular plants are good surrogates of lichens and (ii) to test the congruence of patterns of species richness and composition among plants and lichens along an ecological gradient. The general performance of plant species richness per se, as a biodiversity surrogate of lichens, had poor results. Nonetheless, the congruence in compositional patterns between lichens and vascular plants varied across habitats and was influenced by the characteristics of the vegetation. In general, we discussed how the strength of the studied relationships could be influenced by characteristics of the data (presence/absence vs. abundance), by the spatial scale, and by the features of the habitats. Overall, our data confirm that the more diverse and structurally complex the vegetation is, the more diverse are the lichen communities it hosts.

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Vasiljevic, Jelena. "Transformation of citizenship regimes in Serbia since 1990: The key elements." Filozofija i drustvo 22, no. 4 (2011): 63–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fid1104063v.

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The discussion on citizenship in Serbia, as laid out in this paper, is a proposal to look at the citizenship regimes as reflections of (changing) trends in the ways the body of citizens and nation is being conceptualized and consequently managed within a given political community by its policy makers. This is a perspective from which citizenship can be seen as a means of giving legal substance to the underlying idea of congruence between state and nation. I will argue that the legacy of different attempts at defining the relation between the Serbian state and the people, coupled with the wider context of Yugoslav conflicts and post-conflict developments in the region, led to an unconsolidated citizenship regime in Serbia with varying and contested conceptions about how to achieve congruence of state, territory and nation.

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Jacobs, Jennifer M., Michael Lawson, Victoria Nicole Ivy, and K. Andrew R. Richards. "Enhancing the Transfer of Life Skills from Sport-based Youth Development Programs to School, Family, and Community Settings." Journal of Amateur Sport 3, no. 3 (November 28, 2017): 20–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/jas.v3i3.6514.

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When designed intentionally, sport-based youth development programs engage youth in physical activity, sport, and exercise as a way to concurrently pursue goals related to socioemotional and physical development (Holt et al., 2017). One such application of this is the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model (Hellison, 2011) which has the ultimate goal of students transferring lessons learned within the sport setting to other areas of their life, including family, community, and school. However, once youth leave the program setting, they become vulnerable to challenges from external systems working to support or hinder their transfer of life skills (Martinek & Lee, 2012). Therefore, we propose that (in)congruence among family, school, community and program systems influence the extent to which lessons learned can transfer to other areas of their lives. Specifically drawing from the frameworks of Collective Parental Engagement (Alameda-Lawson & Lawson, 2016) and Students Multiple Worlds’ model (Phelan, Davidson, & Cao, 1991), we argue that skills and competency transfer is best facilitated when social settings which comprise youth’s social systems share similar values and expectations for desired behavior. Practical strategies for enhancing the transferability of lessons learned in TPSR programs through the congruence approach are shared.

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Buckee, Caroline, Leon Danon, and Sunetra Gupta. "Host community structure and the maintenance of pathogen diversity." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274, no. 1619 (May 15, 2007): 1715–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0415.

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Community structure has been widely identified as a feature of many real-world networks. It has been shown that the antigenic diversity of a pathogen population can be significantly affected by the contact network of its hosts; however, the effects of community structure have not yet been explored. Here, we examine the congruence between patterns of antigenic diversity in pathogen populations in neighbouring communities, using both a deterministic metapopulation model and individual-based formulations. We show that the spatial differentiation of the pathogen population can only be maintained at levels of coupling far lower than that necessary for the host populations to remain distinct. Therefore, identifiable community structure in host networks may not reflect differentiation of the processes occurring upon them and, conversely, a lack of genetic differentiation between pathogens from different host communities may not reflect strong mixing between them.

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Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera, and Edna Erez. "Integrating a Victim Voice in Community Policing: A Feminist Critique." International Review of Victimology 9, no. 2 (September 2002): 113–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026975800200900203.

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The article addresses the role of victim's voice in community policing of violence against women. Using Israel as a case study, with its minority Arab and majority Jewish communities, we show the paradoxes of adhering to community policing tenets in a highly collectivist community, and when divergence and conflict rather than congruence and consensus characterize the relations between the police, the minority community and its victims. The article juxtaposes and contrasts two databases relevant for understanding the role of victims in community policing in violence against women. Police officers' views about and perceptions of Arab female victims and their community are presented alongside the narratives of Arab female victims about their abuse, and their interaction with and perceptions of the police. The article concludes with discussing the risks and highlighting the advantages of community policing for violence against women victims in terms of victims' safety and empowerment, and the potential of community policing for improving the relation between minority communities and police.

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Ross, Ashley A., Kirsten M. Müller, J. Scott Weese, and Josh D. Neufeld. "Comprehensive skin microbiome analysis reveals the uniqueness of human skin and evidence for phylosymbiosis within the class Mammalia." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 25 (June 5, 2018): E5786—E5795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801302115.

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Skin is the largest organ of the body and represents the primary physical barrier between mammals and their external environment, yet the factors that govern skin microbial community composition among mammals are poorly understood. The objective of this research was to generate a skin microbiota baseline for members of the class Mammalia, testing the effects of host species, geographic location, body region, and biological sex. Skin from the back, torso, and inner thighs of 177 nonhuman mammals was sampled, representing individuals from 38 species and 10 mammalian orders. Animals were sampled from farms, zoos, households, and the wild. The DNA extracts from all skin swabs were amplified by PCR and sequenced, targeting the V3-V4 regions of bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA genes. Previously published skin microbiome data from 20 human participants, sampled and sequenced using an identical protocol to the nonhuman mammals, were included to make this a comprehensive analysis. Human skin microbial communities were distinct and significantly less diverse than all other sampled mammalian orders. The factor most strongly associated with microbial community data for all samples was whether the host was a human. Within nonhuman samples, host taxonomic order was the most significant factor influencing skin microbiota, followed by the geographic location of the habitat. By comparing the congruence between host phylogeny and microbial community dendrograms, we observed that Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) and Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) had significant congruence, providing evidence of phylosymbiosis between skin microbial communities and their hosts.

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Coney, Nancy S., and Wade C. MacKey. "Motivations toward Fathering: Two Minority Profiles within the Majority's Context." Journal of Men’s Studies 6, no. 2 (March 1998): 169–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/106082659800600204.

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Recently, both the popular and academic press have shown increasing interest in American fathers, portraying them as simply additive to their children's well-being. In other words, if men enact their role as social fathers (i.e., providers) then there is a net social gain for the community. Earlier surveys found that, in the majority community, men have a shared motivational hierarchy that helps determine whether they will enter into and remain in the father role. Women, in the majority community, are accurate in their perception of this hierarchical profile. In relation to fathering incentives, the present study examines the relative congruence between men from the majority community and men and women from two minority communities, namely, Chinese-American and African-American men. The relative consonance of women's perceptions with the men's divulgences is also surveyed.

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Karakassis, I., A. Machias, P. Pitta, KN Papadopoulou, CJ Smith, ET Apostolaki, M. Giannoulaki, D. Koutsoubas, and S. Somarakis. "Cross-community congruence of patterns in a marine ecosystem: Do the parts reflect the whole?" Marine Ecology Progress Series 310 (April 3, 2006): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps310047.

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Maffei, Luigi, Massimiliano Masullo, Aniello Pascale, Gennaro Ruggiero, and Virginia Puyana Romero. "Immersive virtual reality in community planning: Acoustic and visual congruence of simulated vs real world." Sustainable Cities and Society 27 (November 2016): 338–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2016.06.022.

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Milošević, Djuradj, Milica Stojković Piperac, Ana Petrović, Dubravka Čerba, Dejan Mančev, Momir Paunović, and Vladica Simić. "Community concordance in lotic ecosystems: How to establish unbiased congruence between macroinvertebrate and fish communities." Ecological Indicators 83 (December 2017): 474–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.08.024.

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Thomson, Dale E. "Strategic Geographic Targeting in Community Development: Examining the Congruence of Political, Institutional, and Technical Factors." Urban Affairs Review 47, no. 4 (March 11, 2011): 564–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087411400021.

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Li, Hui, Bo Wen, and Terry L. Cooper. "What Makes Neighborhood Associations Effective in Urban Governance? Evidence From Neighborhood Council Boards in Los Angeles." American Review of Public Administration 49, no. 8 (June 6, 2019): 931–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0275074019854160.

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This study examines the perceived effectiveness of neighborhood councils (NCs) in Los Angeles, a government-sanctioned and financed institutional innovation in urban governance. The study considers NC boards as a dynamic and open social system that interacts with NCs’ internal and external environment. We propose that three factors—internal capacity, external networking, and attention-action congruence—are related to perceived NC effectiveness. The findings from a questionnaire survey of 80 NCs show that NC leaders perceive their organizations to be moderately effective. While internal capacity contributes to all three dimensions of effectiveness, external networking enhances NCs’ effectiveness in solving community issues and advising about city policies. Attention-action congruence, which examines the correspondence between NC board members’ issue orientation and actual actions, is positively related to NCs’ effectiveness in advising about city policies. The study concludes with considerations for enhancing the effectiveness of neighborhood associations.

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Townshend, Ivan J. "Age-Segregated and Gated Retirement Communities in the Third Age: The Differential Contribution of Place — Community to Self-Actualization." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 29, no. 3 (June 2002): 371–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/b2761t.

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The author focuses on the role of place-based community both in in-situ aging and in age-segregated (often gated and walled) retirement villages within cities as a potential contributor towards self-actualization. Elderly individuals in a case study in Calgary, Alberta, were measured on the short index of self actualization and a series of multivariate ‘structures’ of place — community associated with behavioral, cognitive, and affective features of community derived from a principal components analysis of community indicator variables. Self-actualization tendencies were not found to differ by residential context. Multiple regression models showed a similar overall contribution of all community structures to self-actualization in the different residential contexts, but different sets of community structures were identified as unique and significant predictors of self-actualization in the two residential settings. This differential impact may signal that a variety of forms and structures of person–environment congruence amongst the elderly yield similar psychological outcomes.

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Esmaeilpour, Fariba. "The role of functional and symbolic brand associations on brand loyalty." Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management 19, no. 4 (September 14, 2015): 467–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfmm-02-2015-0011.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of functional (perceived quality) and symbolic (personality congruence, user imagery congruence, brand prestige and brand tribalism) brand associations in attitude and brand loyalty of Generation Y’s consumers towards two categories of luxury fashion brands. Design/methodology/approach – A structural equation modeling method is employed in this research based on data collected from 450 individuals born between 1977 and 1994 in Iran. Watches and sunglasses are two luxury product categories chosen in this study. Findings – The findings of the study reveal that perceived quality is the better predictor of brand attitude and brand loyalty. Personality congruence (mediated by perceived brand quality), brand prestige (mediated by perceived brand quality and brand attitude) and brand tribalism (mediated by brand attitude) have an indirect positive effect on brand loyalty. Research limitations/implications – Due to the historical delay in the entrance and publicity of modern information and communication technologies in Iran compared with the western societies, the studied generation in this paper might not be completely conformed to the mentioned characteristics of Generation Y in terms of using media. Originality/value – This study combines consumer-based and community approaches of creation and management of brand to examine loyalty towards luxury fashion brands in Generation Y’s consumers as an attractive segment for luxury brands.

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BeLue, Rhonda, and Marie Boltz. "Cultural Appropriateness of an Intervention to Promote Functional Recovery From Hospitalization: Caregiver Views." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1448.

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Abstract The Fam-FFC model includes caregiver education and care pathway to promote physical function, wellbeing, and cognition. The Ecological Model (EM) provided a framework to assess the cultural appropriateness of the Fam-FFC intervention, through interviews with family caregivers, patients, and nurse champions, and focus groups with staff. Findings are described within the eight dimensions of the EM: 1 ) language: perceptions of the dyads’ comfort level with intervention information; (2) persons: representation of dyads’ ethnic /racial group within the nurse champions’ ethnicity/race; (3) metaphors: use of cultural terms equivalent to those used by participants; (4) content: integration of participants’ values, customs, and traditions in the intervention; (5) concepts: congruence of caregiving concepts with cultural norms; (6) goals: congruence of the intervention goals with participants’ cultural norms and goals; 7) methods: the culturally appropriateness of the delivery of the intervention; and (8) context: alignment of the intervention with the participant’s socio-community context.

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Read, Dustin C., Suzanne Leland, and JoEllen Pope. "Views from the Field: Economic Development Practitioners’ Perceptions About Public-Private Real Estate Partnerships." Urban Affairs Review 56, no. 6 (January 22, 2019): 1876–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087418824712.

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Survey data and a series of ordinal logistic regression models are used in this study to determine if individuals employed in different economic development capacities exhibit perceptual congruence or perceptual dissonance about public-private real estate partnerships in ways that are consistent with growth machine theory. The results offer some evidence that this is the case by showing that economic development practitioners employed by local governments view the potential advantages and disadvantages of these partnerships in much the same way as hypothesized members of pro-growth coalitions, while having significantly different views than their peers employed by higher levels of government. At the same time, the perceptual congruence observed between economic development practitioners employed by local governments and representatives of socially oriented nonprofit organizations raises interesting questions about the role members of the latter group play in growth machine politics in an era where federal support for community development and affordable housing programming continues to dwindle.

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Wilson, Cindy C., and F. Ellen Netting. "Comparison of Self and Health Professionals' Ratings of the Health of Community-Based Elderly." International Journal of Aging and Human Development 25, no. 1 (July 1987): 11–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/eb8e-tag0-1t89-c5rg.

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Perceptions of 269 community-based elderly persons and eighty health-care professionals were compared for opinions related to the health-care needs of the elderly, and major barriers faced by the elderly to the utilization of health services. The data indicate a high degree of incongruence between the perceptions of the elderly and those of the professionals. Health professionals were not good predictors of the health status of the elderly, and they did not accurately predict the barriers faced by the elderly seeking health care. Congruence of responses was found only related to the cost of health services. Reasons for these differences were explored, and recommendations for future program planning were made.

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Riley-Doucet, Cheryl. "Beliefs About the Controllability of Pain: Congruence Between Older Adults With Cancer and Their Family Caregivers." Journal of Family Nursing 11, no. 3 (August 2005): 225–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1074840705279157.

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Rasul, Mohamad Sattar, Ahmad Rosli Mohd Nor, Salleh Amat, and Rose Amnah Abdul Rauf. "Exploring Critical Factors of Self Concept among High Income Community College Graduates." International Education Studies 8, no. 12 (November 25, 2015): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ies.v8n12p43.

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<p class="apa">This study was undertaken to explore the critical factors influencing the self-concept of community college graduates in the development of their careers. Individuals with a positive self-concept are often associated with a good career choices and a well-panned career development path. Hence community college students should be girded with a positive self-concept to ensure success in their future careers. This qualitative research using multiple case study methods involved 15 community college graduates who have been relatively successful in their respective careers and were able to generate high incomes. Further data obtained were analysed using NVivo 8.0 to determine the relevant themes that emerged. The study observed the presence of five critical internal factors influencing self-concept: congruence, boldness in facing a challenge, vision, skills and experience.</p>

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