Psychological Sense of Community Responsibility and Diversity in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in India - Open Journal of Social Sciences

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Volume 5, Issue 7 (July 2017)

ISSN Print: 2327-5952 ISSN Online: 2327-5960

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Psychological Sense of Community Responsibility and Diversity in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in India ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2017.57024 1,130 Downloads 3,337 Views Citations

Author(s)

Nina Kavita Heggen Bahl^*, Ingunn Hagen

Affiliation(s)

Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study is to explore older adult people’s meaning of psychological sense of community (PSOC), a key element in individual and community well-being. Using thematic and discourse analytical approaches we have in an in-depth and context-sensitive way analyzed interview material from twelve urban older informants residing in the heterogenic mega-city of Mumbai. Several themes included in the samples meaning of PSOC confirm established dimensions of the concept. However, key aspects of their meaning system more closely relate to the concepts PSOC-R and diversity and demonstrate these inherent concepts as highly culturally bound and context-sensitive at a city and national level.

KEYWORDS

Psychological Sense of Community, Older Adults, Meaning, Diversity, Mumbai, India

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Bahl, N.K.H. and Hagen, I. (2017) Psychological Sense of Community Responsibility and Diversity in Old Age: A Qualitative Study of Urban Older Adults in India. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 5, 387-401. doi: 10.4236/jss.2017.57024.

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