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Assessing Childhood Community Experiences
Samantha Addante1, Jacob D Kraft1, Déjà Clement1
1Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 116 Psychology Building, Stillwater, OK 74078.
Aims:
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.
Methods:
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:
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.
Conclusion:
This measure allows for a brief, self-report assessment that can be used to assess childhood community-level risk and protective factors.
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