Development and validation of the 4-Factor Critical Consciousness Scale.
| Autor: | Orsini MM; Independent Consultant, 6881 Ironwood Circle, Greensboro, NC, 27410, USA., Ewald DR; University of North Carolina-Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC, 27402-6170, USA., Strack RW; University of North Carolina-Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC, 27402-6170, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | SSM - population health [SSM Popul Health] 2022 Aug 13; Vol. 19, pp. 101202. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 13 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101202 |
| Abstrakt: | Assessment of critical consciousness among individuals can provide a proxy measure of the readiness of communities, and individual decision-makers within, for social changes that address root causes of ill health. Critical consciousness, as conceived by Paolo Freire, emerges as a consequence of praxis. This iterative, recursive process of reflection and co-created knowledge enables community members to identify salient issues and the actions they want to take to address those issues. Public health and other social science researchers who engage in social- and population-level intervention work need a validated instrument that measures critical consciousness. Our purpose was to develop an instrument that can measure 4 key constructs of critical consciousness (passive adaptation, emotional engagement, cognitive awakening, and intentions to act) in an individual, relative to any salient community issue. We conducted two studies (Initial: June 2018; Retest: October 2019) to develop and validate this instrument. The same sampling strategy was used for both studies, but each study was conducted with a discrete cohort of participants. We used Amazon's Mechanical Turk to recruit and incentivize study participants. Data from the Initial study were used in an iterative process to evaluate construct validity and test our theoretical assumptions. Exploratory factor analyses were used to determine the best model fit that gave the greatest subscale reliability and validity. In the Retest study, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted and construct validity was verified. Our results indicated adequate construct validity as evidenced by good model fit. Additionally, the good fit of the data to the 4-factor structure confirmed our theoretical understanding of critical consciousness. Competing Interests: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Robert W. Strack has copyrighted the 4-Factor Critical Consciousness Scale to Robert Werner Strack, Muhsin Michael Orsini, D. Rose Ewald. (© 2022 The Authors.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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