Measuring Participation Development And Validation The Participatory

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Studies of political and civic engagement have revealed that different types of participatory behaviors exist. Relying on Ekman and Amnå’s (Human Aff 22(3):283–300, 2012) participation typology, we developed a new measure, the Participatory Behaviors Scale (PBS), to analyze four dimensions of participation: formal political participation, activism, civil participation and... As proposed by Ekman and Amnå, disengagement is a genuine and active style of participation. A study was conducted on a sample of community residents (N = 566) to examine the statistical validity and psychometric properties of the PBS. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the second-order factor structure of PBS (composed of four first-order factors, i.e., disengagement, civil participation, formal political participation and activism) produced the most satisfactory fit indexes. The reliability and validity of the scale were verified.

The scale was then tested on a second sample of voters. The methodological and theoretical implications are discussed, and further developments are outlined. This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access. Price excludes VAT (USA) Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout. Adler, R., & Goggin, J. (2005).

What do we mean by “civic engagement’’? Journal of Transformative Education, 3(3), 236–253. Amnå, E. (2010). Scandinavian Democracy Learning Diversity: From Socialisation between Lutherans to Training of Imams. In K.

Sporre (Ed.), Values, religions and education in changing societies. Berlin: Springer. Talò, C., & Mannarini, T. (2014). Measuring Participation: Development and Validation the Participatory Behaviors Scale. Social Indicators Research, 123, 799-816.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0761-0 has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Interests and Influence: Stakeholder Participation in the Regulatory Process AUTHORS: Pedro Ivo Sebba Ramalho, Delia Rodrigo KEYWORDS: Social Participation, Stakeholders, Interests and Influence, Regulatory Process, Independent Agency Studies of political and civic engagement have revealed that different types of participatory behaviors exist.

Relying on Ekman and Amnå’s (Human Aff 22(3):283–300, 2012) participation typology, we developed a new measure, the Participatory Behaviors Scale (PBS), to analyze four dimensions of participation: formal political participation, activism, civil participation and... As proposed by Ekman and Amnå, disengagement is a genuine and active style of participation. A study was conducted on a sample of community residents (N = 566) to examine the statistical validity and psychometric properties of the PBS. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the second-order factor structure of PBS (composed of four first-order factors, i.e., disengagement, civil participation, formal political participation and activism) produced the most satisfactory fit indexes. The reliability and validity of the scale were verified. The scale was then tested on a second sample of voters.

The methodological and theoretical implications are discussed, and further developments are outlined. This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access. Price excludes VAT (USA) Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout. Adler, R., & Goggin, J. (2005). What do we mean by “civic engagement’’?

Journal of Transformative Education, 3(3), 236–253. Amnå, E. (2010). Scandinavian Democracy Learning Diversity: From Socialisation between Lutherans to Training of Imams. In K. Sporre (Ed.), Values, religions and education in changing societies.

Berlin: Springer. Background: Stakeholder participation is an important trend in the field of program evaluation. Although a few measurement instruments have been proposed, they either have not been empirically validated or do not cover the full content of the concept. Objectives: This study consists of a first empirical validation of a measurement instrument that fully covers the content of participation, namely the Participatory Evaluation Measurement Instrument (PEMI). It specifically examines (1) the intercoder reliability of scores derived by two research assistants on published evaluation cases; (2) the convergence between the scores of coders and those of key respondents (i.e., authors); and... Sample: A purposive sample of 40 cases drawn from the evaluation literature was used to assess reliability.

One author per case in this sample was then invited to participate in a survey; 25 fully usable questionnaires were received. Measures: Stakeholder participation was measured on nominal and ordinal scales. Cohen's κ, the intraclass correlation coefficient, and Spearman's ρ were used to assess reliability and convergence. Results: Reliability results ranged from fair to excellent. Convergence between coders' and authors' scores ranged from poor to good. Scores derived from the PEMI and the EIS were moderately associated.

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