Validation of the Factorial Structure of Social Capital in Youth Involved in Prosocial and Political Organizations

Autor/inn/en	Valenzuela, Cristina; Martínez, M. Loreto; Cumsille, Patricio
Titel	Validation of the Factorial Structure of Social Capital in Youth Involved in Prosocial and Political Organizations
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 52 (2020) 8, S.1359-1376 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X18800818
Schlagwörter	Factor Structure; Prosocial Behavior; Social Capital; Interpersonal Relationship; Organizations (Groups); Teamwork; Trust (Psychology); Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Political Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Goal Orientation; Student Attitudes; Socioeconomic Status; Citizen Participation; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenstruktur; Sozialkapital; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Faktorenanalyse; Ausland; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Peer-Beziehungen; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Schülerverhalten; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung
Abstract	Social capital (SC) has been described as the "glue" that facilitates close social relationships among individuals, groups, and communities. However, few studies have empirically tested the structure of this concept. We report two studies that advance and test a model of SC in youth involved in social organizations. A theory-guided multidimensional representation of SC comprising six dimensions--social trust, interpersonal trust, participation processes, team work, political efficacy, and peer solidarity--was tested in a sample of 377 Chilean youth. Participants (51% males, M age = 21 years) were mostly students (90%) drawn from 41 youth organizations that pursued either prosocial or political goals. Findings from confirmatory factor analysis supported a four-factor instead of the original six-factor model. This structure was confirmed in an independent sample of 150 participants of social and political organizations. The four-factor second-order model included interpersonal trust, participation processes, team work, and peer solidarity as first-order factors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01