Psychometric Properties of the Community Sense Scale in the Classroom in a sample of Chilean students
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2022
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Abstract
It is only recently that the sense of community in contexts other than the neighbor-
hood has started to be studied, providing evidence on the associations between this
variable in the school environment and various dimensions of integral development
in childhood and adolescence. However, in the Latin American context, there are no
validated scales to perform these measurements. The present study examined the
structure, reliability and convergent validity of the Community Sense Scale in the
Classroom (SCo-SC) proposed by Petrillo, Capone and Donizzetti. The participants
of the study were 1065 students aged 10 to 12 from urban areas. The confrmatory
factor analysis coincides with the authors’ proposal; however, due to the high homo-
geneity indexes of the scale, a Bifactor analysis model was carried out. The results
indicate that the SCo-SC is an adequate instrument to measure the Community
Sense in the Classroom and that it is positively related to satisfaction with life and
with school during childhood.
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Benavente, M., Fábrega, J., Alfaro, J. et al. Psychometric Properties of the Community Sense Scale in the Classroom in a sample of Chilean students. Child Ind Res (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-021-09906-0
Keywords
Sense of Community, Sense of Wellbeing, Classroom, Scale