Further validation of the Sirgy et al.'s measure of community quality of life

Sirgy et al. (2000) have developed a measure of community quality of life ( QOL). This measure captures residents' satisfaction with community-based se rvices in the way that these services contribute to global satisfaction wit h the community and overall life satisfaction. The measure was validated no mologically by testing hypotheses directly deduced from a theoretical model that relates residents' satisfaction with community-based services with gl obal community satisfaction and global life satisfaction. The study reporte d in this paper replicates and extends Sirgy et al.'s (2000) study. Specifi cally, the conceptual model that was used to test the nomological (predicti ve) validity of the community QOL measure was further expanded and refined. The modified measure is based on the theoretical notion that satisfaction with the community at large (global community satisfaction) is mostly deter mined by satisfaction with government services (police, fire/rescue, librar y, etc.), business services (banking/savings, insurance, department stores, etc.), nonprofit services (alcohol/drug abuse services, crisis interventio n, religious services, etc.), as well as satisfaction with other aspects of the community such as quality of the environment, rate of change to the na tural landscape, race relations, cost of living, crime, ties with people, n eighborhood, and housing. In turn, global community satisfaction together w ith satisfaction with other overall life domains (work, family, leisure, et c.) affect global life satisfaction. Survey data from a variety of communit ies located in southwest Virginia were collected to further test the nomolo gical validity of the measure. The results provided additional nomological validation support to the community QOL measure.