Bridging Social Capital Scales
used in

Ellison, N., Vitak, J., Gray, R., & Lampe, C. (July, 2014).
Cultivating Social Resources on Social Network Sites:
Facebook Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Their Role in Social Capital Processes.
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 19 (4), 855-870.
Online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcc4.12078/abstract

Appendix A: Means and Standard Deviations for Bridging Social Capital Scales


General Bridging Social Capital Items (N=594)

M

SD

Interacting with people in my social network makes me interested in things that happen outside of my town.

3.84

.76

Interacting with people in my social network makes me want to try new things.

3.75

.78

Interacting with people in my social network makes me interested in what people unlike me are thinking.

3.71

.80

Talking with people in my social network makes me curious about other places in the world.

3.90

.83

Interacting with people in my social network makes me feel like part of a larger community.

3.82

.85

Interacting with people in my social network makes me feel connected to the bigger picture.

3.73

.86

Interacting with people in my social network reminds me that everyone in the world is connected.

3.78

.89

I am willing to spend time to support general community activities.

3.79

.70

Interacting with people in my social network gives me new people to talk to.

3.49

.88

Through my social network, I come in contact with new people all the time.

3.63

.93

Full Scale (α = .882):

3.75

.58

Facebook Bridging Social Capital Items (N=454)1

M

SD

Interacting with people in my Facebook network makes me interested in things that happen outside of my town.

3.56

.90

Interacting with people in my Facebook network makes me want to try new things.

3.43

.91

Interacting with people in my Facebook network makes me interested in what people unlike me are thinking.

3.43

.91

Talking with people in my Facebook network makes me curious about other places in the world.

3.55

.95

Interacting with people in my Facebook network makes me feel like part of a larger community.

3.49

.97

Interacting with people in my Facebook network makes me feel connected to the bigger picture.

3.40

.98

Interacting with people in my Facebook network reminds me that everyone in the world is connected.

3.54

1.02

I am willing to spend time to support general Facebook community activities.

2.90

.95

Interacting with people in my Facebook network gives me new people to talk to.

3.08

.99

Through my Facebook network, I come in contact with new people all the time.

2.92

1.00

Full Scale (α = .930):

3.33

.76

Scale ranges from 1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree