Abstract

NEPOMUCENO, Bárbara Barbosa; BARBOSA, Marília Studart; XIMENES, Verônica Morais  and  CARDOSO, Antônio Alan Vieira. Personal Well-being and Sense of Community: a psychosocial study of poverty. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.1, pp. 1-2. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24879/2017001100100214.

This study aimed to analyze the psychosocial implications of poverty based on Personal Well-being and on Sense of Community in populations of rural and urban communities of Ceará (Brazil). The quantitative research included a sample of 411 participants. The questionnaires were composed of identification items, Measurement Index of the Multidimensional Poverty, Sense of Community Index (SCI) and Personal Well-Being Index (PWI). The results indicate a mean of multidimensional poverty in the rural context (M = 0.288) higher than in the urban context (M = 0.23). However, the first one shows higher meanings of Sense of Community and Personal Well-being. These categories showed positive correlation (r = 0.305). The psychosocial aspects of poverty interact with the sociocultural context creating different configurations in the urban and rural areas.

Keywords : Poverty; Psychology; Personal Well-being; Sense of Community.

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