Social Participation

Title

SC Social Participation Measure (SPM)

Study

PCS3

Copyright Information

Not a copyrighted scale

Primary Reference

Newly developed

Purpose

To assess the frequency with which participants engage in a variety of social activities

Description

Using a 6-point frequency scale, respondents indicate how often they engaged in a variety of social activities during the past 12 months.

Scaling

1 = Did not do this at all in the past year, 2 = 1 – 5 times this past year, 3 = once a month or every two months, 4 = once every two or three weeks, 5 = once a week, 6 = more than once a week

Number of Items

16

Sample Items

• Visited with friends at your / their home
• Went to classes or lectures
• Went to the movies, concerts, plays, performances, etc., with other(s)

Psychometrics

Not available

Scoring/Variables

Total Social Participation: sum of all items