Community connectedness
Four studies (one longitudinal and three cross-sectional)
investigated the direct association of community connectedness
on an ASRH outcome. A variety of measures were
used to assess community connectedness. Two studies used
measures that examined perceptions of neighborhood social
support (Quality of Neighborhood Scale) [191] and neighborhood
monitoring [33, 35]. These scales had Cronbach’s
a, .63 and .69, respectively. One study used a single-item
measure that assessed youth participation in communitybased
African American organizations or social groups,
one study used a scale from the Youth Asset Survey (a ¼
.78), and one study used a count of the number of community
activities in which the youth is involved but provided no
information on the reliability of the measure.