The dimensionality of 'place attachment' for older people in rural areas of South West England and Wales
The dimensionality of 'place attachment' for older people in rural areas of South West England and Wales
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DOI：
10.1068/a4543
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
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4.2
通讯作者：
Burholt, Vanessa
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作者：
Burholt, Vanessa
在此之前，我已经使用定性数据开发了一个四域（物理，社会，时间和心理）的农村地区老年人的依恋模型。利用920老年人（60岁以上）生活在英格兰西南部和威尔士的农村地区的数据，并利用项目开发从最初的定性分析，以代表每个领域的经验，本文采用探索性因素分析，以确定潜在的因素结构的地方依恋老年人在这些农村地区。它检查所产生的因素结构和先验概念化的地方附件之间的匹配。我开发的子量表和整体规模的地方附件和测试的可靠性和评级尺度的假设（内容效度）。使用主轴因子分解三个因素：社会依恋，审美依恋，和适当的资源和环境。这三个因素分别占方差的23.5%、11.6%和6.4%，表现出良好的内部信度（Cronbach's a 0.71、0.72和0.72）。分析表明，这是一个心理测量学上的可靠和有效的工具，适合测量的目的，在农村地区的老年人的地方依恋。然而，需要进一步的心理测量评估与其他样本，以确认模型的结构，并开发一个第四域代表的历史依恋的地方。
Previously I have used qualitative data to develop a four-domain (physical, social, temporal, and psychological) model of attachment to place for older people in rural areas. Drawing on data for 920 older people (60+ years) living in rural areas of South West England and Wales, and utilising items developed from the initial qualitative analysis to represent each domain empirically, this paper uses exploratory factor analysis to identify the underlying factor structure of place attachment for older people in these rural areas. It examines the match between the resulting factor structure and an a priori conceptualisation of place attachment. I develop subscales and an overall scale of place attachment and tests for reliability and rating scaling assumptions (content validity). Using principal axis factoring three factors are identified: social attachment, aesthetic attachment, and appropriateness of resources and the environment. The three factors account for 23.5%, 11.6%, and 6.4% of the variance and good internal reliability is demonstrated (Cronbach's a 0.71, 0.72, and 0.72). The analysis suggests that this is a psychometrically reliable and valid instrument fit for the purpose of measuring attachment to place for older people in rural areas. However, further psychometric evaluations with other samples are required to confirm the model structure, and to develop a fourth domain representing an historical attachment to place.