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Residential crowding experience scale—assessment and validation
Author(s) -
NAGAR DINESH,
PAULUS PAUL B.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199709)7:4<303::aid-casp437>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - crowding , psychology , scale (ratio) , construct validity , predictive validity , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , geography , cognitive psychology , cartography
The present study was designed to construct and revalidate the Crowding Experience Scale and to investigate its predictive validity. Factor analysis results suggest that perceived crowding is comprised of four components, labelled as spaciousness, positive relationships, negative relationships, and uncontrolled disturbance. The factor‐derived perceived crowding subscales showed unique relationships with the outcome variables related to health, well‐being, and residential satisfaction. The results provide some indication that perceived crowding mediates the relationship between objective crowding and the dependent measures. The implications of the project are discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.