Australian Community Participation Questionnaire

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Overview

Purpose
To measure community participation
Respondent
Person with a Disability
Administration Method
Survey
Administration Mode
Mail
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Populations
  • Mental Health Challenges
  • Physical Disability

Instrument Citation(s)

Berry, H. & Shipley, M(2009). Longing to belong: personal soical captial and psychological distress in an Austrailian coastal region. Retrieved from https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/05_2012/sprp_39.pdf PDF Link to survey can be found on appendix E

Psychometric Citations

  • Berry, H. L., Rodgers, B., & Dear, K. B. (2007). Preliminary development and validation of an Australian community participation questionnaire: Types of participation and associations with distress in a coastal community. Social science & medicine, 64(8), 1719-1737.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    English
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    mean 52.76; range 19–97;

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years; 65+ Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    Australia

    Sample: Disability Type

    Not Reported

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    500 women (51.9%)

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Not Reported

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Stratified Random Sample

    Sample: Size

    963

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    Cronbach's alpha = .88

    Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)

    Active interest in current affairs (AIC: start = 619.62; end = 65.36); Voluntary sector activity (AIC: start = 179.86; end = 55.45)

    Validity: Face Validity

    Defining participation as comprising informal social connectedness, civic engagement, and political participation.

    Study design
    Cross-Sectional

  • Berry, H. L., & Shipley, M. (2009). Longing to belong: personal social capital and psychological distress in an Australian coastal region. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

    Type of Publication
    Technical report
    Instrument Language
    English
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    19 to 97 years (M=52.78 years, SD=18.24, Md=52 years)

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years, 65+ Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    Australia

    Sample: Disability Type

    Not Reported

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    500 women (51.9 per cent) and 463 men (48.1 per cent)

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Not Reported

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Stratified Random Sample

    Sample: Size

    963

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    Contact with immediate household 0.96; Contact with extended family 0.86; Contact with friends 0.85; Contact with neighbours 0.92; Social contact with workmates 0.88; Adult learning .74; Religious observance .76; Organised community activities .90; Voluntary sector activity .90; Giving money to charity .64; Active interest in current affairs .85; Expressing opinions publicly .85; Community activism .88; Political protest .72

    Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)

    One‐factor congeneric modelling provided strong support for the construct validity.

    Validity: Content Validity (e.g., Expert Judgement)

    One‐factor congeneric modelling provided strong support for the content validity (representativeness of items).

    Validity: Face Validity

    One‐factor congeneric modelling provided strong support for the face validity (self‐evident validity).

    Study design
    Cross-Sectional