TY - JOUR
T1 - New developments in the field
T2 - Measuring community climate
AU - Oswald, Ramona Faith
AU - Cuthbertson, Courtney
AU - Lazarevic, Vanja
AU - Goldberg, Abbie E.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - Community climate is the degree of support for GLBT peoplewithin a specific locale. In this paper we describe the elements of community climate, theorize how it is produced, and argue that this approach provides an important elaboration of Meyer's (2003) minority stress model. Furthermore, we present a new methodology for assessing community climate that could be used by any researcher with a geographically diverse data set that includes location identifiers such as ZIP code. In closing we discuss the theoretical, empirical, and practical contributions that could be made by GLBT family scholars who utilize this new technique for measuring community climate.
AB - Community climate is the degree of support for GLBT peoplewithin a specific locale. In this paper we describe the elements of community climate, theorize how it is produced, and argue that this approach provides an important elaboration of Meyer's (2003) minority stress model. Furthermore, we present a new methodology for assessing community climate that could be used by any researcher with a geographically diverse data set that includes location identifiers such as ZIP code. In closing we discuss the theoretical, empirical, and practical contributions that could be made by GLBT family scholars who utilize this new technique for measuring community climate.
KW - Community climate
KW - GLBT
KW - Measurement
KW - Minority stress theory
KW - Well-being
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U2 - 10.1080/15504281003709230
DO - 10.1080/15504281003709230
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951912967
SN - 1550-428X
VL - 6
SP - 214
EP - 228
JO - Journal of GLBT Family Studies
JF - Journal of GLBT Family Studies
IS - 2
ER -