Cross‐cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Social Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students among preadolescents and adolescents in Japan

Hirota, Tomoya; Adachi, Masaki; Takahashi, Michio; Nakamura, Kazuhiko

doi:10.1111/pcn.12910

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“…The total score ranges from 12 to 36, with a higher score indicating greater social capital. Only three subscales are used in the Japanese version because our research team previously examined the factor structure of the Japanese-version of SCQ-AS and confirmed that the following three-factor model had best-fit indices: “school trust and social cohesion” (eight items; school social capital), “perceived safety in school and neighborhood” (two items; safety), and “neighborhood trust and social cohesion” (two items; neighborhood social capital) [ 54 ].…”

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The association of social capital with depression and quality of life in school-aged children

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Social capital is an important factor that affects mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social capital and depression and between social capital and quality of life (QoL) in children in elementary and junior high school and to examine how this relationship differs in relevant patterns at both the individual- and school-level. The study was conducted in all elementary and junior high schools in a single municipality; the subjects consisted of 3,722 elementary school and 3,987 junior high school students (aged from 9 to 15). A multilevel linear mixed effect model analysis revealed that all three subscales of social capital were associated with depression and QoL at the individual-level: The school social capital at the individual-level showed the strongest association with depression and QoL. We also found that some of social capital at the school-level was associated with depression and QoL. An interactive effect was observed between educational stage (elementary and junior high) and some of social capital subscales. Specifically, the inverse association between school social capital and depression was stronger among the junior high students, while the positive association between school and neighborhood social capital and QoL was stronger among the elementary students. These interactions suggest that social capital impacts depression and QoL differently in elementary and junior high students. These findings suggest that the degree of association of social capital domains differs in mental health among the educational stage.

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“…However, it does not include safety and friends items, and has not been validated with early adolescents. This study used a Japanese version of the SCQ-AS, which provides a quantitative measure of social capital, and has a confirmed construct validity [ 44 , 54 ]. The scale consists of 12 items scored on a 3-point scale.…”

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“…Scientists Elliot D.L., Kobayashi S. on the basis of a qualitative study examine the experience of academic leaders and foreign graduate students regarding academic and psychosocial adaptation in a new cultural environment and emphasize the importance of intercultural aspects of mentoring of academic leaders [5]. This emphasizes the importance of curatorial service, mentoring and ensuring constructive intercultural communications and tolerance, especially during the period of adaptation of students and graduate students to study at a university [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13].…”

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Actual Issues of Adaptation of Freshmen 2020: Challenges to Education

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Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on Philosophy of Education, Law and Science in the Era of Globalization

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The article presents the research results of the adaptation of the modern generation of university freshmen to study. We present the analysis of the socio-psychological characteristics of the modern generation of freshmen 2020. New requests and expectations of students to the educational process at the university, the transformation of competencies demanded by the economy form development vectors for universities, including the issues of ensuring the successful adaptation of the new incoming students. We considered important trends in the discussion of adaptation problems that are described in the publications of the scientific community. The balance between socio-psychological and educational adaptation is justified when the university works with freshmen of 2020. The key approaches in which may be as follows. The first is the development of an impression economy-a positive emotional background of what is happening. The second is a sense of importance and significance of the student's personality, psychological interaction. The third is creating a successful situation for everyone-a variety of proposals for finding areas of personal growth. The fourth is early immersion in social and professional networks. And the last is relevant educational and extracurricular digital content.

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“…The SCQ-AS is a self-administered 12-item questionnaire and was standardized in a general population of Japanese students [27]. Factor analysis of this scale produced three factors [27]; the eight items selected for the measurement of school social PLOS ONE capital in this study belonged to the factor "school social cohesion and network" ( Table 2). The internal consistency of this factor in our participants was Cronbach's α = 0.81.…”

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“…School social capital was measured using eight items of the Social Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students (SCQ-AS) [26]. The SCQ-AS is a self-administered 12-item questionnaire and was standardized in a general population of Japanese students [27]. Factor analysis of this scale produced three factors [27]; the eight items selected for the measurement of school social PLOS ONE capital in this study belonged to the factor "school social cohesion and network" ( Table 2).…”

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Pediatric health-related quality of life and school social capital through network perspectives

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Background Despite their importance in population health among children and adolescents, our understanding of how individual items mutually interact within and between pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and school social capital is limited. Methods We employed network analysis in a general population sample of 7759 children aged 9–15 years to explore the network structure of relations among pediatric HRQOL and school social capital items measured using validated scales. Furthermore, network centrality was examined to identify central items that had stronger and more direct connections with other items in the network than others. Network structure and overall strength of connectivity among items were compared between groups (by sex and age). Results Our analysis revealed that the item related to school/academic functioning and the item related to shared enjoyment among students had the highest strength centrality in the network of HRQOL and school social capital, respectively, underpinning their critical roles in pediatric HRQOL and school social capital. Additionally, the edge connecting “I trust my friends at school” and “trouble getting along with peers” had the strongest negative edge weight among ones connecting school social capital and pediatric HRQOL constructs. Network comparison test revealed stronger overall network connectivity in middle schoolers compared to elementary schoolers but no differences between male and female students. Conclusion The network approach elucidated the complex relationship of mutually influencing items within and between pediatric HRQOL and school social capital. Addressing central items may promote children’s perceived health and school social capital.

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Cross‐cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Social Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students among preadolescents and adolescents in Japan

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

The association of social capital with depression and quality of life in school-aged children

The association of social capital with depression and quality of life in school-aged children

Actual Issues of Adaptation of Freshmen 2020: Challenges to Education

Pediatric health-related quality of life and school social capital through network perspectives

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