Paula Cristina Pelli Paiva|Haroldo Neves de Paiva|Paulo Messias de Oliveira Filho|Joel Alves Lamounier|Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira|Raquel Conceição Ferreira|Ichiro Kawachi|Patrícia Maria Zarzar
Development and Validation of a Social Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students (SCQ-AS)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri|Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Harvard University|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
objectives social capital studied due contextual influence health however specific assessment tool developed validated measurement social capital among 12yearold adolescent students aim present study develop validate quick simple assessment tool measure social capital among adolescent students methods questionnaire developed based review relevant literature searches made scientific electronic library online latin american caribbean health sciences cochrane library isi web knowledge international database medical literature pubmed central bibliographical databases september 2011 january 2014 papers addressing assessment tools evaluation social capital focus groups also formed adolescent students well health educational social professionals final assessment tool administered convenience sample two public schools 79 students one private school 22 students comprising final sample 101 students reliability internal consistency evaluated using kappa coefficient cronbachs alpha coefficient respectively content validity determined expert consensus well exploratory confirmatory factor analysis results final version questionnaire made 12 items total scale demonstrated good internal consistency cronbachs alpha 071 reproducibility also good kappa coefficient higher 072 majority items range 063 097 factor analysis grouped 12 items four subscales school social cohesion school friendships neighborhood social cohesion trust school neighborhood conclusions present findings indicate validity reliability social capital questionnaire adolescent students