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This article presents an organizing framework of participation in community organizations which uses an interdisciplinary perspective and attempts to provide a map of the major dimensions that characterize the complex phenomenon of participation. The major elements of the framework include: 1. environmental, ecological, and social characteristics of the community, 2. individual differences, 3. parameters of participation, 4. mediators, and 5. the effects of participation. Some potential uses of the framework are suggested.
Abraham Wandersman (Thu,) studied this question.