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ArticleClinical and translational science2014

Measurement of social capital among clinical research trainees.

Brian A Primack, Jason B Colditz, Elan Cohen, Galen E Switzer, Georgeanna F W B Robinson, Deborah L Seltzer, Doris M Rubio, Wishwa N Kapoor

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Article in Clinical and translational science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Brian A PrimackDepartment of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jason B Colditz
Elan Cohen
Galen E Switzer
Georgeanna F W B Robinson
Deborah L Seltzer
Doris M Rubio
Wishwa N Kapoor

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE: BPCAUL1RR024153 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2006 to 2011
$73.9M
University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among U.S. Adolescents and Young AdultsR01CA140150 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI PRIMACK, BRIAN A. · 2010 to 2015
$2.4M
Media Literacy to Prevent Adolescent Smoking InitiationK07CA114315 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI PRIMACK, BRIAN A. · 2006 to 2010
$766k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NCI NIH HHS K07 CA114315NCI NIH HHS R01 CA140150NCI NIH HHS R01-CA140150NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024153NCRR NIH HHS UL1-RR024153
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Abstract

While physical and human capital are established as important predictors of success among early-career clinical investigators, less is known about the role of social capital. The authors aimed to develop a brief scale to assess social capital in this population and test its reliability and validity. A three-item assessment was developed based on a conceptual framework and measures of social capital from other fields and was administered to 414 clinical research trainees at the University of Pittsburgh in 2007-2012. The measure exhibited good internal consistency reliability (α = 0.71) and a normal distribution. On a 10-point scale, mean social capital was 6.4 (SD = 1.7). Social capital was significantly associated with 7 of the 9 expected constructs: sex, age, confidence in research skills, work-related motivation, burnout, and social support. Exploratory multivariable regression analysis demonstrated that social capital was most strongly associated with higher research confidence (β = 0.35, p < 0.001), higher extrinsic motivation (β = 0.50, p = 0.003), and lower burnout (ptrend = 0.02). This three-item scale measures social capital in this population with adequate internal consistency reliability, face validity, and construct validity. This brief assessment provides a tool that may be valuable to benchmark social capital of clinical research trainees and to better contextualize programmatic and trainee outcomes.

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Biomedical ResearchInterpersonal RelationsAdultFemaleHumansMalePennsylvaniaPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSocial NetworkingSurveys and QuestionnairesUniversitiesYoung Adultclinical researchmeasurementmotivationpsychometricssocial capitaltraining

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PMID24118964
PMCPMC3944911

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