Measuring the dimensions of adaptive capacity: a psychometric approach
By M. Lockwood, Christopher M. Raymond, E. Oczkowski, M. Morrison. 2015
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Although previous studies have examined adaptive capacity using a range of self-assessment procedures, no objective self-report approaches have been used to identify the dimensions of adaptive capacity and their relative importance. We examine the content, structure, and relative importance of dimensions of adaptive capacity as perceived by rural landholders in an agricultural landscape in South-Eastern Australia. Our findings indicate that the most important dimensions influencing perceived landholder adaptive capacity are related to their management style, particularly their change orientation. Other important dimensions are individual financial capacity, labor availability, and the capacity of communities and local networks to support landholders' management practices. Trust and confidence in government with respect to native vegetation management was not found to be a significant dimension of perceived adaptive capacity. The scale items presented, particularly those with high factor loadings, provide a solid foundation for assessment of adaptive capacity in other study areas, as well as exploration of relationships between the individual dimensions of adaptive capacity and dependent variables such as perceived resilience. Further work is needed to refine the scale items and compare the findings from this case study with those from other contexts and population samples.
Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science
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- Adaptive capacity: exploring the research frontier (2017, background): “Other studies examine the role of trust in government.(67) In each of these studies the interpretation of adaptive capacity is not so much about assets or resources but rather attributes that enable social systems or actors to adapt.”
- Resilience isn't the same for all: Comparing subjective and objective approaches to resilience measurement (2018, methodology): “For full details of the methods and questions used see original citations: Marshall and Marshall (2007), Lockwood et al. (2015), Jones and Sam- man (2016), Jones (2018), Béné, Frankenberger, Langworthy, Mueller, and Martin (2016). to survey length and duration.”
- Measuring 'subjective resilience': using peoples' perceptions to quantify household resilience (2015, unknown): “In attempting to use a psychometric approach, Lockwood et al. (2015) explore dimensions of ‘adaptive capacity and personal resilience’, indicating that the most important factors influencing perceived landholder adaptive capacity amongst rural landowners in South-Eastern Australia are related to…”