Abstract
McColl MA, Davies D, Carlson P, Johnston J, Minnes P. The Community Integration Measure:
development and preliminary validation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001;82:429-34. Objective: To present a new measure of community integration, the Community Integration Measure
(CIM), and to offer preliminary information about its psychometric properties. Design: Validation study. Setting: Community. Participants: Ninety-two participants placed in 3 subgroups (brain injury survivors, n = 41; significant others, n = 36; college students, n = 15). Main Outcome Measures: The distributional properties, factor structure, internal consistency reliability,
content validity, discriminant validity, concurrent validity, and construct validity
of the CIM. Results: All items correlated positively with each other and with the total score. Principal
components factor analysis confirmed a 1-factor structure, which explained 44.1% of
the variance. Internal consistency reliability, using Cronbach's alpha, was.87. Content
validity was assured by the development procedure, correspondence with the theoretical
model, and direct use of consumer language. Discriminant validity was supported by
the CIM's ability to differentiate between subsamples. Criterion validity was supported
by using correlations with the Community Integration Questionnaire. Construct validity
was supported by correlations with the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List. Conclusion: The CIM offers a brief, easily administered measure of community integration that
conforms to an empirically derived theoretical model and is psychometrically sound.
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Accepted:
February 7,
2000
Received in revised form:
February 7,
2000
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☆Supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health.
☆☆No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.
★Reprint requests to Mary Ann McColl, PhD, Queen's University, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Kingston, Ont K7L 3N6, Canada, e-mail: .
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