Validation of a Brief Sense of Community Scale: Confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community
Validation of a Brief Sense of Community Scale: Confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community
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DOI：
10.1002/jcop.20217
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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2.3
通讯作者：
McMillan, David W.
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作者：
Peterson, N. Andrew;Speer, Paul W.;McMillan, David W.
对美国中西部社区居民(n=293)的随机抽样数据进行验证性因素分析(CFA)，检验了社区意识的一阶和二阶模型。由8个项目组成的简明社区感量表(BSCS)被用来代表SOC维度的需求满足、群体成员、影响力和共享的情感联系。BSC的CFA结果支持量表假设的一阶和二阶因素结构。总体BSCS量表及其子量表也被发现与预期的社区参与、心理赋权、心理健康和抑郁相关。研究结果为BSCS及其基本的多维SOC理论提供了经验支持。对本研究的意义进行了描述，并对未来的研究方向进行了讨论。(C)威利期刊公司。
First-order and second-order models of sense of community (SOC) were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of data gathered from a random sample of community residents (n = 293) located in the midwestern United States. An 8-item Brief Sense of Community Scale (BSCS) was developed to represent the SOC dimensions of needs fulfillment, group membership, influence, and shared emotional connection. The CFA results for the BSCS supported both the scale's hypothesized first-order and second-order factor structure. The overall BSCS scale and its subscales were also found to be correlated as expected with community participation, psychological empowerment, mental health, and depression. Findings provide empirical support for the BSCS and its underlying multidimensional theory of SOC. Implications of the study are described and directions for future research discussed. (C) Wiley Periodicals, Inc.