Sociopolitical Control Scale

Sociopolitical Control Scale (SPCS)
Zimmerman and Zahniser‚1991.‚ Peterson et al.‚ 2011
مقیاس مهار سیاسی- اجتماعی جوانان
Sociopolitical Control Scale (SPCS)
Zimmerman and Zahniser‚1991
1.    I am often a leader in groups                   
2.    I would prefer to be a leader rather than a follower                  
3.    I would rather someone else took over the leadership role when I'm involved in a group project     
4.    I can usually organize people to get things done             
5.    Other people usually follow my ideas       
6.    I find it very hard to talk in front of a group
7.    I like to wait and see if someone else is going to solve a problem so that I don't have to be bothered by it
8.    I would rather not try something I'm not good at
9.    I enjoy political participation because I want to have as much say in running government as possible
10.Sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on
11.I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues which confront our society                    
12.People like me are generally well qualified to participate in political activity and decision making in our country                   
13.It hardly makes any difference who I vote for because whoever gets elected does whatever he wants to do anyway
14.There are plenty of ways for people like me to have a say in what our government does
15.So many other people are active in local issues and organizations that it doesn't matter much to me whether I participate or not
16.Most public officials wouldn't listen to me no matter what I did
17.A good many local elections aren't important enough to bother with
Sociopolitical Control Scale for Youth (SPCS-Y)
Peterson et al.‚ 2011
1.    I am often a leader in groups.
2.    I would prefer to be a leader rather than a follower.
3.    I would rather have a leadership role when I’m involved in a group project.
4.    I can usually organize people to get things done.
5.    Other people usually follow my ideas.
6.    I find it very easy to talk in front of a group.
7.    I like to work on solving a problem myself rather than wait and see if someone else will deal with it.
8.    I like trying new things that are challenging to me.
9.    I enjoy participation because I want to have as much say in my community or school as possible*.
10.Youth like me can really understand what’s going on with my community or school.
11.I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the important issues which confront my community or school.
12.Youth like me have the ability to participate effectively in community or school activities and decision making.
13.My opinion is important because it could someday make a difference in my community or school.
14.There are plenty of ways for youth like me to have a say in what our community or school does.
15.It is important to me that I actively participate in local teen issues.
16.Most community or school leaders would listen to me.
17.Many local activities are important to participate in.
شرح سایت روان سنجی: مقیاس مهار اجتماعی سیاسی توسط "زانایزر و زیمر من، 1991" پدید آمد. در سال 2004، هولدن و در سال2006، پترسون و همکاران جملات 8 ماده آن به مثبت تغییر دادند و در سال 2011 ، پترسون و همکاران آن را با عنوان نسخه جوانان ارائه کردند.
Leadership competence and policy control
اعتبار: هماهنگی درونی، آلفا کرونباخ برای کل مقیاس 0.89، شایستگی رهبری 0.81 و تدبیر مهار 0.85
نمره گذاری:
1= Strongly disagree to 5= Strongly agree
چگونگی دستیابی
منبع برای آگاهی بیشتر
Zimmerman‚ M.A.‚ & Zahniser‚ J.H. (1991). Refinements of sphere-specific measures of perceived control: Development of a sociopolitical control scale. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 19‚ 189–204.
 Peterson‚ N. A.‚ Lowe‚ J. B.‚ Aquilino‚ M. L.‚&Schneider‚ J. E. (2005). Linking social cohesion and gender to intrapersonal and interactional empowerment: Support and new implications for theory. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 33‚ 233–244.
Peterson‚ N. A.‚ Lowe‚ J. B.‚ Hughey‚ J.‚ Reid‚ R.J.‚ Zimmerman‚ M.A.‚ Speer‚ P. W.(2006).  Measuring the Intrapersonal Component of Psychological Empowerment: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Sociopolitical Control Scale. American Journal of Community Psychology‚ 38‚ 287–297.
Peterson‚ A. N.‚ Peterson Hamme‚ C.‚ Agre‚ L.‚ Christens‚ B. D.‚ & Morton‚ C. M. (2011). Measuring youth empowerment: Validation of a sociopolitical control scale for youth in an urban community center. Journal of Community Psychology‚ 39‚ 592–605.
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