TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring Coalition Functioning
T2 - Refining Constructs Through Factor Analysis
AU - Brown, Louis D.
AU - Feinberg, Mark E.
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (R03DA027942) and the Pennsylvania Commission for Crime and Delinquency. The findings and recommendations in this article are those of the authors and not official statements of the National Institute of Drug Abuse or the Pennsylvania Commission for Crime and Delinquency, the funding agencies.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Internal and external coalition functioning is an important predictor of coalition success that has been linked to perceived coalition effectiveness, coalition goal achievement, coalition ability to support evidence-based programs, and coalition sustainability. Understanding which aspects of coalition functioning best predict coalition success requires the development of valid measures of empirically unique coalition functioning constructs. The goal of the present study is to examine and refine the psychometric properties of coalition functioning constructs in the following six domains: leadership, interpersonal relationships, task focus, participation benefits/costs, sustainability planning, and community support. The authors used factor analysis to identify problematic items in our original measure and then piloted new items and scales to create a more robust, psychometrically sound, multidimensional measure of coalition functioning. Scales displayed good construct validity through correlations with other measures. Discussion considers the strengths and weaknesses of the refined instrument.
AB - Internal and external coalition functioning is an important predictor of coalition success that has been linked to perceived coalition effectiveness, coalition goal achievement, coalition ability to support evidence-based programs, and coalition sustainability. Understanding which aspects of coalition functioning best predict coalition success requires the development of valid measures of empirically unique coalition functioning constructs. The goal of the present study is to examine and refine the psychometric properties of coalition functioning constructs in the following six domains: leadership, interpersonal relationships, task focus, participation benefits/costs, sustainability planning, and community support. The authors used factor analysis to identify problematic items in our original measure and then piloted new items and scales to create a more robust, psychometrically sound, multidimensional measure of coalition functioning. Scales displayed good construct validity through correlations with other measures. Discussion considers the strengths and weaknesses of the refined instrument.
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U2 - 10.1177/1090198111419655
DO - 10.1177/1090198111419655
M3 - Article
C2 - 22193112
AN - SCOPUS:84864452787
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 39
SP - 486
EP - 497
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -
