Russian-language adaptation of the abbreviated place attachment scale

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The article presents the adaptation of the Abbreviated Place Attachment Scale. Two studies were conducted for this purpose, one with residents of the Chelyabinsk region (n = 335) and another with residents of the city of St. Petersburg (n = 188). The factorial structure, discriminant validity, and reliability of the two subscales, place identification and place dependence, were examined in both samples. As the scale can be applied in various places of residence and leisure, the second study explores two formulations of the statements, as well as the retest reliability. The positive correlation of the scale with general well-being and perceived advantages of living in the specific place indicates the convergent validity of the instrument. Criterion validity was confirmed by examining the influence of the length of residence on place attachment and its role in shaping migration intentions. The results of the psychometric assessment of the Abbreviated Place Attachment Scale attest to its reliability and validity for use in environmental psychology and several related disciplines.

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A. A. Ivanova

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Author for correspondence.
Email: privanovalexandra@gmail.com

Graduate student at the Department of Psychology

Russian Federation, 109028, Moscow, Pokrovsky Bulvar, 11

E. V. Zabelina

Chelyabinsk State University

Email: katya_k@mail.ru

ScD (Psychology), Proffessor of the Department of Psychology, Institute of Education and Practical Psychology

Russian Federation, 454001, Chelyabinsk, Bretiev Kashirinikh str., 129

D. V. Valko

Tumen State University; Soth Ural Technological University

Email: d.v.valko@gmail.com

PhD (Economics), Associate Professor at the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Studies of Space at the School of Environment and Society Studies

Russian Federation, 625003, Tumen, Volodarskogo str., 6; 454000, Chelyabinsk, Komarovskogo str., 9a

E. V. Nikolaeva

Tumen State University; Soth Ural Technological University

Email: kat_sa@mail.ru

PhD (Economics), Associate Professor of the Department of Economics of Industries and Markets

Russian Federation, 625003, Tumen, Volodarskogo str., 6; 454000, Chelyabinsk, Komarovskogo str., 9a

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