CITY COMMITMENT QUESTIONNAIRE: MODEL VERIFICATION AND METHOD STANDARDIZATION

The human-city relationship phenomenon is currently a focus of research interest, driven by the relevance of local patriotism studies. Its heterogeneous conceptualization demands novel constructs and measurement approaches for improved citizen behavior prediction. The article substantiates the need to study commitment to the city, proposes a questionnaire of the same name, verifies it, and determines normative values for different age groups. The study sample consisted of 1,760 Omsk residents: 1,184 women (67.3%) and 576 men (32.7%): 414 people aged 14-17 (23.5%), 1,145-18-24 years old (65.1%), and 201 (11.4%) 25 years and older. Data processing methods: descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson, Cronbach, Welch, Fornell-Larcker criteria. A large-scale sample was used to confirm the three-factor structure of the questionnaire, which reveals the structure of commitment to the city through its components - loyalty, involvement, identification. The internal consistency of the methodology as a whole and its individual scales was proven, and the levels of commitment to the city (low, medium, high and very high) were determined taking into account the structure and identified age specificity. The created tool, which has passed all the necessary psychometric tests, can be used for prompt assessment of the attitude of residents to their city, identification of migration risk groups, development of programs to enhance local patriotism of young people. The prospects for studying commitment to the city are associated with the inclusion of residents of other territories of Russia, studying the relationship with various psychological variables and socio-demographic factors.