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Publication Date: 2007-Mar
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Measuring Perceived Community Support: Factorial Structure, Longitudinal Invariance, and Predictive Validity of the PCSQ (Perceived Community Support Questionnaire)
Herrero, Juan; Gracia, Enrique
Journal of Community Psychology, v35 n2 p197-217 Mar 2007
Social support from intimate and confiding relationships has received a great deal of attention; however, the study of the community as a relevant source of support has been comparatively lacking. In this article, we present a multidimensional measure of community support (Perceived Community Support Questionnaire, PCSQ). Through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses on data from three samples of adult population (two-wave panel: sample 1, N = 1009 and sample 2, N = 780; and an independent sample 3, N = 440), results show that community integration, community participation, and use of community organizations are reliable indicators of the underlying construct of perceived community support. Also, community support is associated with a reduction of depressive symptoms after 6 months, once autoregression is controlled for. (Contains 2 figures, 1 footnote and 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Community Organizations, Depression (Psychology), Community Support, Questionnaires, Multidimensional Scaling, Construct Validity, Measurement Techniques, Measurement Objectives, Interviews, Structural Equation Models, Item Analysis, Replication (Evaluation), Social Support Groups
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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