title: Construction and validation of the community and socio-political participation scale (SCAP).
abstract: This article describes the development and validation of a new instrument, the scale (SCAP) which measures community participation (CP) and socio-political participation (SPP). The sample consists of 756 participants in Málaga, residents whose average age is 38.78 years old (SD = 13.96) and of whom 58.5% are women. The results endorse the psychometric qualities of the instrument. We present descriptive analysis of the items, the dimensionality of the scale and its internal consistency. The external evidence of validity shows positive and statistically significant correlations with sense of community and empowerment, variables theoretically related to participation. A confirmatory factor analysis confirms the two-dimensional structure (CP and SPP). Further analysis show a higher CP in women. This instrument extends the quantitative research on citizen participation.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Málaga (Spain).
authors.forename: M Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Moreno-Jiménez
authors.forename: M Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ríos Rodríguez
authors.forename: Macarena Vallejo
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Martín
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003256:Community Participation; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D058992:Social Participation; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires