Personal Social Capital (PSCS)
Psychology: Social & RelationshipsReliability: alpha 0.853 sample items
About this scale
A 10-item measure of personal social capital — bonding (close ties) and bridging (weak ties to diverse others). Used widely in well-being and economic-mobility research.
Sample item(s)
“I have close friends I can rely on (bonding)”
“I know people from many different walks of life (bridging)”
“I have access to people with influence in my community (bridging)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.85. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Chen, X., Stanton, B., Gong, J., Fang, X., & Li, X. (2009): Personal Social Capital Scale: An instrument for health and behavioral research. Health Education Research, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 306–317.
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