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Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the sense of community responsibility scale
Author(s) -
Prati Gabriele,
Procentese Fortuna,
Albanesi Cinzia,
Cicognani Elvira,
Fedi Angela,
Gatti Flora,
Mannarini Terri,
Rochira Alessia,
Tartaglia Stefano,
Boyd Neil,
Nowell Branda,
Gattino Silvia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.22366
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , psychology , discriminant validity , context (archaeology) , sense of community , exploratory factor analysis , social psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , internal consistency , applied psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , mathematics , statistics , geography , cartography , archaeology
The central aim of the present research was to examine the psychometric properties of adapted versions of the sense of community (SOC) responsibility scale in three Italian samples. We examined the psychometric properties of three modified versions of the sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) scale. Consistent with the original scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the scale was unidimensional and exhibited excellent internal consistency. In addition, factor analyses revealed that SOC responsibility and SOC are two separate, albeit related, constructs. The results also provided evidence of the discriminant validity of SOC and SOC‐R on key outcomes. Taken together, these results provide support for the Community Experience Model , which posits that community experiences are a function of resource and responsibility components, as well as for the adaptable nature of the SOC‐R scale to the Italian context.