Belonging measures were typically validated on small, primarily White and middle-class samples without testing factor-structure differences by demographics¶
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q2 i? Many prominent belonging measures appear to have been initially validated using small, non-representative, primarily White and middle-class samples, with none testing for factor-structure differences by race-ethnicity, SES, or other group indicators. → Alexander S. Browman 2025
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Alexander S. Browman 2025¶
Alexander S. Browman. (2025). Centering Social Fit, Self-Concept Fit, Goal Fit, and Resource Fit as Core Elements of Students' Experiences of Belonging at School. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10009-3
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In reviewing how the 8 prominent measures were developed, the author reports that five appear to have been developed by generating an item pool and using factor analysis to narrow it, and that "many of these measures also appear to have been initially validated using small, non-representative, primarily White and middle-class samples" with no demographic factor-structure tests.
"many of these measures also appear to have been initially validated using small, non-representative, primarily White and middle-class samples, with none appearing to test for differences in factor structure based on race-ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), or other potentially meaningful demographic or cultural group indicators."
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Belonging measures were typically validated on small, primarily White and middle-class samples without testing factor-structure differences by demographics |
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Belonging measures were typically validated on small, primarily White and middle-class samples without testing factor-structure differences by demographics |
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