Table 2.
Measurement instruments
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Predisposing factors | ||
| I | Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 1.2* (Statistics Canada 2001) | Survey questionnaire for socio-demographic characteristics. Yes/no and multiple-choice questions Non-Likert scale non-Likert scale questions |
| II | Satisfaction with Life Domains Scale* (SLDS) | 20 items Organized in 5 domains: daily living and social relationships, living environment, autonomy, intimate relationships, and leisure 7-Point Likert scale questions Cronbach alpha: 0.92 |
| Enabling factors | ||
| III | Sense of Community Scale (SCS) | 8 items |
| IV | Community Participation Scale (CPS) | 6 items Measures association between crime victimization, social organization, and participation in neighborhood organization Yes/no and 4-point Likert scale questions Cronbach alpha: 0.73–0.89 |
| V | Resident Disempowerment Scale (RDS) | 3 items |
| VI | Sense of Collective Efficacy (SCE) | Evaluates the effect of social and institutional mechanisms on people living in the neighborhood Complex literature review of 40 relevant studies published from mid 1990s–2001 |
| VII | Neighborhood Disorder Scale (NDS) | 9 items |
| VIII | Physical Conditions of the Neighborhood (PCN) | 7 items |
| IX | Facility in Neighborhood (FN) | 13 items Measures 3 domains: availability, utilization, and quality 10-Point scale questions Cronbach alpha: 0.40–0.90 |
| X | Social Provisions Scale* (SPS) | 24 items Measures six domains: emotional support, social integration, reassurance about value, material help, counseling and information, need to feel useful 4 point-Likert scale questions Cronbach alpha: 0.92 |
| XI | Devaluation-Discrimination Scale (DDS) | 12 items Review of 123 empirical articles (1995–2003) 6-Point Likert scale questions Cronbach alpha: 0.68–0.99 |
| Needs | ||
| XII | Composite International Diagnostic Interview* (CIDI), (Statistics Canada 2000) | Screening of mental disorders, including the most frequent mental disorders (depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety disorders: social phobia, agoraphobia, and panic disorder) Yes/no and multiple choice non-Likert scale questions |
| XIII | Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST)a | 20 items Inquires about consequences of drug abuse and neuroadaptive symptoms Yes/no questions Cronbach alpha: 0.74 |
| XIV | Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test* (AUDIT) | 10 items Measure the degree of dependence and risky alcohol consumption 2 or multiple choice questions Cronbach alpha: 0.88 |
| XV | Parental Psychiatric History (PPH) | Measures mental disorders in parents and relatives Non-Likert scale questions |
| XVI | Modified Observed Aggression Scale* (MOAS) for aggressive behaviors | Assesses 4 categories of aggressive behavior: verbal aggression, aggression to propriety, self-inflicted aggression, physical aggression |
| XVIII | K-10 Psychological Distress Scale* (K-10 PDS) | 10 items 5-Point Likert scale questions Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of SMI: 0.854 |
| XVIII | Barratt Impulsivity Scale* (BIS) | 30 items Organized in three categories: motor impulsivity, cognitive impulsivity, impulsivity due to lack of planning 4-Point scale questions |
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Measurement instruments validated in the French-speaking population