Abstract

DE VITA, Ana Celeste  and  BARBARITO, Marta Graciela. ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF A GROUP COHESION TEST FOR BASES IN ANTARCTICA: COGBA. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.2, pp.157-164. ISSN 1688-4094.

Social Cohesion is an important adaptative factor for facilitating living in polar environments, however few studies on the subject have been performed. Here we adapted Buckner’s Neighborhood Cohesion Test (Buckner 1998) for its use in Argentinean bases in Antartica by translating it from English to Spanish and adding Antarctic-specific terminology to it. From a sample of civilian and military personnel from two Antarctic bases (n = 100), a factor analysis revealed five Principal Factors. The main factor was used to construct a uni-dimensional scale of 18 items, with a Cronbach’s alpha of .907. Negatively keyed items that were discarded during the analysis suggest that denial of unrest is usually prevalent in Antarctic bases, and poses the need to generate tools to measure task-related aspects of group cohesion and use them for further studying social conflicts

Keywords : Neighborhood Cohesion Instrument; Validation; Group Cohesion; Antarctica; polar environment; Neighborhood Cohesion Instrument.

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