Abstract

MENENDEZ ALVAREZ-DARDET, Susana et al. Scale to assess quality of neighbourhood ECAVE: design and preliminary analyses of its psychometric properties. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2012, vol.44, n.3, pp.133-148. ISSN 0120-0534.

In this article the design of a scale to assess quality of neighbourhood (with information given by teams of psychologists, social workers and social educators from Social Services) for families and individuals is presented. Preliminary analyses about psychometric properties are discussed. Results obtained indicate some evidences for the reliability and the validity of the scale, and its potential for examining, in a systematic way, some relevant dimensions of neighbourhoods for family functioning and individual psychological adjustment. Both the questionnaire and a semi-structured interview (for collecting the data with the teams of practitioners from Social Services) are included at the end of the article.

Keywords : Family; Neighbourhood; Assessment Instruments; Reliability; Validity.

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