{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Van Kessel K"],"funding":["Mitacs Accelerate","Ontario Trillium Foundation"],"pagination":["e70089"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12934382"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["54(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Measuring community belonging is of interest to community organizations and practitioners, yet few tools exist. Here we validate a novel measure of community belonging: the Where I Belong Survey - Youth/Adult Version (WIBS). In Study 1, the psychometric properties and factor structure of the survey were examined in three Canadian samples of youth and young adults (n = 249; 840; 443, respectively), and results were used to refine the survey. In Study 2, the psychometric properties and factor structure of the revised 16-item WIBS were examined in a sample of Canadian undergraduates (n = 476). Results suggest the WIBS is psychometrically sound, as demonstrated through a pattern of excellent reliability, good convergent validity, and good to fair discriminant validity. Results revealed a two-f"],"journal":["Journal of community psychology"],"pubmed_title":["Validation of a Community Belonging Measure for Youth and Adults."],"pmcid":["PMC12934382"],"funding_grant_id":["IT29052"],"pubmed_authors":["McDiarmid S","Children and Youth Planning Table of Waterloo Region","Henderson H","Van Kessel K","Browne D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Validation of a Community Belonging Measure for Youth and Adults.","description":"Measuring community belonging is of interest to community organizations and practitioners, yet few tools exist. Here we validate a novel measure of community belonging: the Where I Belong Survey - Youth/Adult Version (WIBS). In Study 1, the psychometric properties and factor structure of the survey were examined in three Canadian samples of youth and young adults (n = 249; 840; 443, respectively), and results were used to refine the survey. In Study 2, the psychometric properties and factor structure of the revised 16-item WIBS were examined in a sample of Canadian undergraduates (n = 476). Results suggest the WIBS is psychometrically sound, as demonstrated through a pattern of excellent reliability, good convergent validity, and good to fair discriminant validity. Results revealed a two-f","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Mar","modification":"2026-07-16T20:44:02.315Z","creation":"2026-07-10T03:10:58.727Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12934382","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41738887"],"doi":["10.1002/jcop.70089"]}}