As eventually established in the article, the dimensions used in each of the instruments are mutually exclusive, validating that indeed, each instrument has managed to capture at least three or more dimensions critical to the creation and development of the construct, community integration. Take, for example, the measures used in the CIQ-R questionnaire. It included different facets of community integration, as determined in an individual's psychological and social being, such as: independence in domestic activity, participation in social activity, and participation in productive activity (152-3). The CIM, meanwhile, captured in its statements/questions the following measures (dimensions): general integration, social support, occupation, and independent living. These four (4) dimensions in the CIM, in fact, captures in great detail the important elements embedded in the community integration construct. Suffice it to say that...

It is suggested that to capture these other dimensions of community integration, qualitative research studies, be they in the form of FGDs or in-depth interviews, must be conducted, wherein researchers will be able to probe deeper into the construct and phenomenon that is community integration as it related to the life and experience of people with disability.
References

Minnes, P., P. Carlson, M. McColls, M. Nolte, J. Johnston, and K. Buell. (2003). "Community integration: a useful construct, but what does it really mean?" Brain Injury, Vol. 17, No. 2.

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