Place attachment, cultural values, community cohesiveness and security in fostering conflict affected public housing residents’ resilience in Maiduguri, Nigeria

Across time and space, neighbourhoods are faced with natural or man-made disasters that disrupt their livelihood. The security situation due to terrorism is a threat that destroys the lives of communities and forces many residents to relocate to safer neighbourhoods to save their lives. However, some residents are reluctant to leave neighbourhoods even when they are under threat. This study therefore, examines the influence of place attachment, cultural values, and community cohesiveness on resilience, while also investigating the mediating role of a sense of security in the relationship between place attachment, cultural values, community cohesiveness, and resilience among residents of public housing in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Ecological resilience theory, place attachment theory and Hofstede cultural values model were adopted. Using quantitative method and cross-sectional design, the study used questionnaire to collect data from the respondents. This study used a systematic sampling technique to select 345 participants from a population of 1,732. The selected respondent criteria are among those aged 18 years and above, male and female and living in housing estate locations 202, 303, 505, 777, and 1000 and it yield a 100% response rate. The data were analysed using simple descriptive statistics, T-test, ANOVA, Pearson Product Moment correlation, and multiple regression. Mediation analysis was also conducted using the bootstrapping technique. The study found that cultural values (β=.404, p <.001), place dependence (β=.282, p <.001), and community cohesiveness (β=.227, p <.001) were statistically significant, with 58.5% variance. Also, the study found that a sense of security mediates the relationship between place attachment, cultural values, community cohesiveness and resilience. This study enriches the literature by introducing a sense of security as a mediator among the selected variables. Therefore, the study recommended that the government should establish workshops aimed at raising awareness about coping strategies, such as resilience-oriented planning to effectively address the security situation. The study suggested that future research can be conducted using similar variables among residents in other neighbouring states that have also been affected by insurgency, in order to provide more robust information on the topic. Thus, allowing for the generalization of results.

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