Assessing the degree of urbanisation using a single-item self-report measure: a validation study

Resilience Among Older Individuals in the Face of Adversity: How Demographic and Trait Factors Affect Mental-Health Constructs and Their Temporal Dynamics

“…Only a small percentage (3.6%) indicated primary (lower) education as highest completed education level and was, therefore, combined with the medium-education group for the analyses (n = 811). The self-reported degree of urbanization (or "urbanization grade"), as scored on a 7-point scale from ( 1) not urban at all to (7) very urban (Brinkhof et al, 2022), was distributed relatively equally. Most participants were living in the western part of the Netherlands, in more urban areas (M = 4.48, SD = 1.85).…”

Which individual, social, and urban factors in early childhood predict psychopathology in later childhood, adolescence and young adulthood? A systematic review

“…In order to fill this gap, there is firstly a need to move towards a standard conceptual definition of which urban indicators are considered critical, and an agreement on how these aspects of the urban environment can then be measured best. There have already been a few attempts to do this such as Brinkhof et al, (2022) , who tested the validity of a single-item self-report measure for urbanicity, but more research is needed. Moreover, there is a need to better explore the intertwined relationship between urbanicity and mental health, characterised by dynamic processes and feedback interactions that unfold over time ( Van der Wal et al, 2021 ).…”