I left my shyness behind”
Sustainable community‐led development and processes of motivation among rural Nicaraguan women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11042430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elene Cloete (0000-0003-2001-2837, Field Operations Outreach International Kansas City MO USA, corresponding author), Alexandra House (Field Operations Outreach International Kansas City MO USA), Luz Dania Velasquez, Mario Calderón (0000-0001-7913-4279, Alcance Nicaragua Masaya Nicaragua), Mario R Calderon (0000-0001-6618-1789), Juan Lopez (0000-0002-3360-0892, Alcance Nicaragua Masaya Nicaragua), Juan Carlos Lopez (0000-0001-8106-5006), Ricardo Rivera (Alcance Nicaragua Masaya Nicaragua), Lenin Rivera (Alcance Nicaragua Masaya Nicaragua), Lauren Handley |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 860-879 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcop.22926 |
| PMID | 36041208 |
| OpenAlex | W4293694349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 58 |
This paper explores motivational changes of Nicaraguan women involved in sustainable community‐led development. Sustainability is the goal of many organizations engaged with capacity development interventions. Research on what such sustainability entails point to a correlation between sustained action by communities, postintervention, and high levels of social capital, collective agency, and efficacy. But what factors motivate people to develop the social capital, self‐efficacy, and agency that enable them to sustain their actions towards their communities’ well‐being? Using Self‐Determination Theory as framework, and drawing from interview data, this qualitative paper explores the psychosocial processes rural Nicaraguan women undergo when initially engaging in, and eventually committing to community‐led projects. Types of motivation in combination with shifts from initial to more sustained forms of motivation, we conclude, can inform current and future community development interventions on the role motivation plays toward establishing agency, efficacy, and relationships—that is, essential components of sustainable community development
Agency (philosophy) · Anxiety · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Sense of agency · Shyness · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
Social Capital and Poor Communities (Ford Foundation Series on Asset Building)
Feminisms, Empowerment and Development
The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers
Self-Determination Theory
Self-Determination Theory
A Review of Self-Determination Theory’s Basic Psychological Needs at Work
Basic psychological need theory
Facilitating optimal motivation and psychological well-being across life's domains.
Motivation, Personality, and Development Within Embedded Social Contexts
Building a science of motivated persons
Methods for studying collective action in rural development
How teacher emotional support motivates students
Toward a fuller conception of Machismo
Self-determination theory
Pathways to Student Motivation
Agency, Structure
Social Capital
Social Capital
Collecting Qualitative Data
Measuring Social Capital in Five Communities
The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ and the ‘Feminisation’ of Anti-Poverty Programmes
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being
Self-Determination Theory in Work Organizations
Exposure to Household Air Pollution from Biomass Cookstoves and Levels of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) among Honduran Women
Knowing me, knowing you’
The triple burden
Measuring social capital accumulation in rural development
Understanding Processes of Transformative Change
Implications of poverty traps across levels
Participatory Exclusions, Community Forestry, and Gender
Moving from the Stock of Social Capital to the Flow of Benefits
An Empirical Examination of Women's Empowerment and Transformative Change in the Context of International Development
Personal and community factors as predictors of different types of community engagement
How youth get engaged
Machismo, marianismo, and negative cognitive-emotional factors
Doing Team Ethnography
How Does Social Capital Grow? A Seven-Year Study of Villages in India
Women, girls and world poverty
Social Capital
Theorizing Community Development
Social capital, collective action and access to water in rural Kenya
Promoting Optimal Induction to Beginning Teachers Using Self-Determination Theory
Qualitative Research Design
A Practical Iterative Framework for Qualitative Data Analysis
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |