title: Feeling at home in one's school: a first look at a new measure.
abstract: We report on the development of the Hospitality Scale, which measures two aspects of adolescents' perception of social capital in school-the extent to which they perceive that they have social capital and the extent to which they provide social capital to others. The scale was developed in reference to the literature exploring adolescent social isolation and social tolerance, as well as constructs developed in research on adults, especially related to psychological sense of community and collective efficacy. We examine the reliability of the scale and the association between scale scores and behavioral factors that may reflect social isolation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. jcartland@childrensmemorial.org
authors.forename: Jenifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cartland
authors.forename: Holly S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ruch-Ross
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control