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Table 4 CSES internal consistency and criteria-related validity

From: Development of a community’s self-efficacy scale for preventing social isolation among community-dwelling older people (Mimamori Scale)

  

GEN

N = 3,484

CVOL

N = 859

Basic statistics

 All CSES: 8 items

Mean (SD)

10.2 (5.2)

13.8 (4.6)

Range

0–24

0–24

Skewness

0.01

0.07

Kurtosis

0.15

0.22

 Community network: 4 items

Mean (SD)

5.7 (2.7)

6.3 (2.5)

Range

0–12

0–12

Skewness

0.04

0.07

Kurtosis

0.23

0.17

 Neighborhood watch: 4 items

Mean (SD)

5.4 (2.7)

7.8 (2.4)

Range

0–12

1–12

Skewness

0.09

0.20

Kurtosis

0.26

0.44

Internal consistency

 All CSES: 8 items

Cronbach’s α

0.90

0.87

 Community network: 4 items

Cronbach’s α

0.84

0.79

 Neighborhood watch: 4 items

Cronbach’s α

0.88

0.84

Criterion-related validity

 GCS-R

Ra

0.80***

0.86***

 BSCS

Ra

0.64***

0.66***

  1. aPearson’s correlation, ***p < 0.001