The comparability of the visual and verbal versions of the Inclusion of Community in Self scale
Aims Many factors affect the utility and practicality of measures in longitudinal studies characterized by transient participants such as those caught in the cycle of incarceration. The current study evaluated the psychometric equivalency of a visual and a verbal version of a single‐item connectedne...
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Published in | Journal of community psychology Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 1449 - 1461 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
01.07.2019
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Summary: | Aims
Many factors affect the utility and practicality of measures in longitudinal studies characterized by transient participants such as those caught in the cycle of incarceration. The current study evaluated the psychometric equivalency of a visual and a verbal version of a single‐item connectedness measure; the aim was to determine whether the different formats can be used interchangeably depending on feasibility.
Methods
Participants were 133 jail inmates (49% male; 43% Black; Mage = 35 years, SD = 10 years) interviewed just before release from jail.
Results
Results provide evidence for the concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validity of the two ICS versions. Attempts to calibrate the verbal measure to the visual measure were moderately successful.
Conclusion
Taken together, results suggest the two formats are comparable, but not interchangeable; they map on to other variables in similar ways but cannot be used in lieu of one another. |
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Bibliography: | Eun Rhee, Ph.D., New York University (rhee@udel.edu)‐expertise in the role of culture in the development and maintenance of self‐conceptions and perceptions of others; Patricia Obst, Ph.D., Queensland University of Technology (p.obst@qut.edu.au)–expertise in psychological sense of community; Lucy Zinkiewicz, Ph.D., Deakin University (lucyz@deakin.edu.edu) – expertise in sense of community Johanna Folk, University of California, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, California. Present address Luis Cebas, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0090-4392 1520-6629 |
DOI: | 10.1002/jcop.22196 |