New Developments in the Field: Measuring Community Climate
- 27 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of GLBT Family Studies
- Vol. 6 (2), 214-228
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15504281003709230
Abstract
Community climate is the degree of support for GLBT people within 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) O'donnell, L. , Agronick, G. , San Doval, A. , Duran, R. , Myint-U, A. and Stueve, A. 2002. Ethnic and gay community attachments and sexual risk behaviors among urban Latino young men who have sex with men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 14(6): 457–471. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] [Google Scholar] 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.Keywords
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