Validation of a Multidimensional Social Cohesion Scale: A Case in Urban Areas of Mexico

Oscar A. Martínez-Martínez, Araceli Ramírez-López and Anidelys Rodríguez-Brito

Sociological Methods & Research, 2020, vol. 49, issue 3, 778-808

Abstract: People have been interested in social cohesion and its implications in different areas of social life from the classic sociology authors until today. Besides its multidimensional nature, this complex construct also faces the issue of measurement. For this reason, the objective of this article is to adapt and validate a scale that measures in a multidimensional way social cohesion for urban areas. The results obtained through Cronbach’s α coefficient, McDonald’s Ω coefficient, and confidence intervals for both coefficients show that the resulting questions have high levels of discrimination and an acceptable reliability, so the scale developed is valid methodologically.

Keywords: social cohesion; micro; meso; and macrolevels; scale validation; urban areas; México (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0049124118769112

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