Addante Samantha, Kraft Jacob D, Clement Déjà, Erato Gina, Quigley Ashley, Armans Mira, Fields Kristin, Oliphant Vanessa, Wingate LaRicka, Ciciolla Lucia
Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 116 Psychology Building, Stillwater, OK 74078.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2024 Sep;164. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107851. Epub 2024 Aug 20.
Community-level childhood experiences make up important aspects of early life that are associated with long-term health outcomes. However, to date, there have been no validated measures that assess community-level experiences during childhood. Thus, we aimed to develop and validate a measure that would assess community-level experiences associated with both risk and resilience.
Data were collected from 577 undergraduate participants (68.7% female). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic strategies were used to examine the factor structure of the Childhood Community Experiences Scale (CCES) comprised of the Community Risk Scale and the Community Protective Scale. Convergent validity and predictive utility of the CCES with existing measures of individual risk and resilience and adult psychosocial functioning were also examined.
Results indicated a 5-factor solution for the Community Risk Scale and a 6-factor solution for the Community Protective Scale to fit the data best. Further, results suggest the convergent validity and predictive utility of the CCES with measures of adult psychosocial functioning.
This measure allows for a brief, self-report assessment that can be used to assess childhood community-level risk and protective factors.
社区层面的童年经历构成了早期生活的重要方面,这些经历与长期健康结果相关。然而,迄今为止,尚无经过验证的措施来评估童年时期社区层面的经历。因此,我们旨在开发并验证一种能够评估与风险和恢复力相关的社区层面经历的措施。
数据收集自577名本科参与者(68.7%为女性)。采用探索性和验证性因素分析策略,以检验由社区风险量表和社区保护量表组成的童年社区经历量表(CCES)的因素结构。还检验了CCES与现有个体风险和恢复力测量指标以及成人心理社会功能的收敛效度和预测效用。
结果表明,社区风险量表的五因素解决方案和社区保护量表的六因素解决方案最适合数据。此外,结果表明CCES与成人心理社会功能测量指标具有收敛效度和预测效用。
该措施允许进行简短的自我报告评估,可用于评估童年社区层面的风险和保护因素。