Abstract
The aim of the paper was the validation of a psychosocial assessment tool for determining willingness to participate in child-centered safety promotion interventions, specifically in a low-income community in South Africa. A study was conducted as part of the initial validation to test the items and format the questionnaire. The instrument was then administered to Afrikaans speaking individuals in a community in the Western Cape. Iterative exploratory factor analysis was conducted at both the item and scale levels to select and reassign items and scales to determine the final composition of the questionnaire. The findings indicate that the instrument measures seven factors, namely incentives; priorities and community needs; perceived benefits; social approval; accessibility and values; altruistic capital; and community cohesion, which represents salient dimensions of the construct willingness to participate in interventions. The questionnaire and its subscales displayed acceptable to good reliability, with Cronbach’s α ranging from .55 to .80. Since willingness precedes actual participation, it is argued that insight into the factors that relate to willingness to participate provides an avenue for motivating actual participation.
Highlights
South Africa has high rates of violence and injury (Seedat et al, 2009) with children a vulnerable group, exposed to violence and injury in the home, school, and broader community (Burton, 2006; Seedat et al, 2009)
The subsequent exploratory factors analysis (EFA) was conducted on all 46 items based on the 7-factor solution that emerged from the initial EFA
The factor analysis revealed a 7-factor structure which accounted for 39.9% of the common variance in willingness to participate in child-centered initiatives
Summary
South Africa has high rates of violence and injury (Seedat et al, 2009) with children a vulnerable group, exposed to violence and injury in the home, school, and broader community (Burton, 2006; Seedat et al, 2009). Those in impoverished settings experience the greatest burdens of violence and injury (Kaminer & Eagle, 2010). There has been a growing body of research that highlights the role socio-cultural factors, environmental factors, personal factors, and others, may play in impeding or fostering intervention participation and retention (Ismail & Van Niekerk, 2020; Kafaar, 2015; Lesch et al, 2006; Orrell-Valente et al, 1999; Sahay et al, 2005; van Niekerk & Ismail, 2013)
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