2015
DOI: 10.1590/1982-43272560201506
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Abstract: The sense of community is an important construct for assessing the individual’s relationship with his/her community context. This study aims to adapt the Sense of Community Index for Brazilian Children and verify its psychometric properties in this sample. The participants are 1,736 Brazilian children between 8 and 13 years old (53.3% girls). Exploratory factor analysis indicated a two-factor solution (Positive bond with community and Community neighbors’ relationships), with 47.9% of explained variance. Scale… Show more

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“…the Sense of Community Index (SCI ) (Sarriera et al, 2015) contains nine items covering two dimensions: a) Positive Bond with Community, and b) Community Neighbour's Relations. The items are answered on a 5-point scale, ranging from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree".…”
Section: Sense Of Community (Sc)mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…the Sense of Community Index (SCI ) (Sarriera et al, 2015) contains nine items covering two dimensions: a) Positive Bond with Community, and b) Community Neighbour's Relations. The items are answered on a 5-point scale, ranging from "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree".…”
Section: Sense Of Community (Sc)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The scale was adapted from the one developed by Chavis, Hogge, McMillan, and Wandersman (1986). Regarding the psychometric properties of the SCS, Petersen (2009) found a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89 for the overall scale, and Sarriera et al (2015) found a Cronbach's alpha of .78.…”
Section: Sense Of Community (Sc)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sense of Community Index (SCI). Desenvolvido por Chavis, Hogge, McMillan e Wandersman (1986) e adaptado para o Brasil por Sarriera et al (2015). Tem nove itens distribuídos em duas dimensões: vínculo positivo com a comunidade (cinco itens) e relações com os vizinhos da comunidade (quatro itens).…”
Section: População E Amostraunclassified
“…Los índices de confiabilidad obtenidos en investigaciones anteriores del SCI-II han sido adecuados, con valores entre .70 y .90 (Chavis et al, 2008;Peterson et al, 2006;Pretty et al, 1994;Sarriera et al, 2015); no obstante, la estructura factorial del instrumento aún está en discusión por parte de los investigadores. En lo que respecta a la validez de criterio, los estudios han mostrado relaciones adecuadas entre la puntuación total y las variables conductuales, sociales, emocionales y académicas de los miembros de comunidades en las que ha se ha estudiado (Battistich & Hom, 1997;Bond et al, 2007).…”
Section: Instrumentosunclassified