ASSESSING NEIGHBORHOOD DISORDER: VALIDATION OF A THREE-FACTOR OBSERVATIONAL SCALE
| Autor: | Antonio López-Quílez, José M. Tomás, Miriam Marco, Enrique Gracia |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Neighborhood disorder
Distribución especial Social disorganization Deterioro físico Intraclass correlation lcsh:BF1-990 Disease cluster Confirmatory factor analysis Developmental psychology Social disorder Physical disorder Desorden físico Statistics lcsh:K5000-5582 Socioeconomic status Applied Psychology Reliability (statistics) Observational scale social sciences Spatial clustering Análisis factorial confirmatorio lcsh:Psychology Scale (social sciences) Desorganización social Escala observacional population characteristics lcsh:Criminal law and procedure Desorden del vecindario Observational study Psychology Law Physical decay Desorden social |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 81-89 (2015) The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context v.7 n.2 2015 SciELO España. Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud instname |
| ISSN: | 1989-4007 1889-1861 |
| Popis: | This study presents data on the development and preliminary validation of an observational scale assessing neighborhood disorder. Independent observations by trained raters of neighborhood disorder were conducted in 552 census block groups in the city of Valencia (Spain). Intraclass correlation coefficients assessing inter-rater reliability indicated fair to substantial levels of agreement among raters. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a final three-factor model scale measuring physical disorder, social disorder, and physical decay. Results for the internal consistency showed large composite reliability indices indicating good reliability for all neighborhood disorder factors. Evidence of criterion-related validity was found by exploring associations between neighborhood disorder factors and three neighborhood characteristics: neighborhood socioeconomic status, immigrant concentration, and residential instability. Also for criterion-related validity, Moran's I test results for spatial correlation showed that the three types of neighborhood disorder tend to cluster in space and are not randomly distributed across the city. In general, this paper provides evidence of a reliable and valid observational measure to assess neighborhood disorder. |
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