<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> There is an increasing public, political and research interest in social solidarity. Even though the concept has a long history and is embedded in solid approaches, there is not much literature concerned with its measurement. The paper falls into the area of the methodological studies of social solidarity and it deals with construct validation. The objective of this paper is to test for convergent validity and nomological validity of two sets of items aiming to measure social solidarity attitudes and acts. The main method employed is confirmatory factor analysis.</p></abstract>

There is an increasing public, political and research interest in social solidarity. Even though the concept has a long history and is embedded in solid approaches, there is not much literature concerned with its measurement. The paper falls into the area of the methodological studies of social solidarity and it deals with construct validation. The objective of this paper is to test for convergent validity and nomological validity of two sets of items aiming to measure social solidarity attitudes and acts. The main method employed is confirmatory factor analysis.

Measuring Social Solidarity. Some Research Notes

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Department of Sociology and Social Work, 2-4 Lucian Blaga, 550169 Sibiu, Romania

Social Change Review

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There is an increasing public, political and research interest in social solidarity. Even though the concept has a long history and is embedded in solid...

Measuring Social Solidarity. Some Research Notes

Published Online: Feb 13, 2014

Page range: 71 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2013-0012

Keywords
Social solidarity Construct validation Confirmatory factor analysis

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Measuring Social Solidarity. Some Research Notes

Published Online: Feb 13, 2014

Page range: 71 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2013-0012

KeywordsSocial solidarity Construct validation Confirmatory factor analysis

This content is open access.

Keywords
Social solidarity Construct validation Confirmatory factor analysis