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Name of Measure
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Intended Participants
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Length
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Pros
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Cons
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Children’s Hope Scale
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8-16 year olds
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6 items
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Based on Snyder’s Hope Theory
Extensively tested in schools
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Available only in English
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Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS) (Long & Brief Form)
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8-18 year olds
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6 items
40 items
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Provides specific measures regarding family, friends, living environment, and school
Can be combined with hope and gratitude measures to provide a 3- pronged chronological view of wellbeing
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Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS)
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8-18 year olds
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7 items
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Can be combined with hope and gratitude measures to provide a 3- pronged chronological view of wellbeing
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Provides little specific information about school-specific variables.
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The Stirling Children’s Well-being Scale (SCWBS)
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8-15 year olds
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12 items
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Provides short and holistic overview of wellbeing
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Few, if any, available translations
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Me and My Feelings (M&MF)
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8+ year olds
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16 items
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No available translations
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Me and My School Questionnaire (M&MS)
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8+ year olds
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16 items
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Provides an overview of emotional and behavioral aspects of wellbeing
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No available translations
Not yet widely tested
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Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (SSWQ)
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11-14 year olds
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16 items
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Provides a short holistic overview of wellbeing
Used with Renshaw’s
Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ) can allow for greater continuity across populations
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Few, if any, available translations
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The Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) (Adapted)
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8+ year olds
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18 items
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Widely used
Version specifically adapted for a larger age range of students
One adaptation here, but several variations available
Multiple translations available
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Social Emotional Health Survey-Primary (SEHS-P)
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5-8 graders (and possible younger)
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20 items
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CoVitality Screener associated through Mosaic Network Inc. Secondary form can allow for continuity across grades (SEHS-S)
Widely tested
Provides comprehensive view of wellbeing
Free without use of the screener Widely tested
Provides comprehensive view of wellbeing
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CoVitality Screener typically costs $500 (set up with custom configuration and training fee) and $1.25 per student
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The School Attitude Questionnaire
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Children (specifically tested with 11-13 year-olds)
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22 items
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Provides a general overview of students’ attitude with the option to pinpoint specific school strengths
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Can be difficult to isolate each specific variable’s effect
Different dimensions of students’ attitudes not evenly distributed
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The PedsQL Measurement Model
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2-18 year olds
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23 items
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Has a parent proxy report option
Available in multiple languages
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Translations may not have ”undergone a full linguistic validation process” (ePROVIDE, 2019)
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Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S)
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7-12 graders
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36 items
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Widely tested
Provides comprehensive view of wellbeing
CoVitality Screener associated with this measure through Mosaic Network Inc.
Primary form can allow continuity across grades (see SEHS-P)
Free without use of the screener
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The CoVitality Screener typically costs $500 (set up with custom configuration and training fee) and $1.25 per student
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The Student Resilience Survey (SRS)
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7+ year olds
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47 items
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Widely tested in England
Broad view of wellbeing and resilience across 12 subscales
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Available only in English
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