Assessing Wellbeing in Schools

Why Is Wellbeing Important in Schools?

What is Wellbeing?

Considerations: How Does Wellbeing Function in Life

A Measure Suited for Your School

Ethical Considerations

Necessary Permission

Application of Data

Measures of Child Wellbeing

Gratitude Measures

Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS)

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C)

EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-being

Six Seconds Youth Version (SEI-YV)

Measures of Child Wellbeing at School

Children’s Hope Scale

Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS)

Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS)

The Stirling Children's Well-being Scale (SCWBS)

Me and My Feelings (M&MF)

Me and My School Questionnaire (M&MS)

Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (SSWQ)

The Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) (Adapted)

Social Emotional Health Survey-Primary (SEHS-P)

The School Attitude Questionnaire

The PedsQL Measurement Model

Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S)

The Student Resilience Survey (SRS)

Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)

Flourishing at School Survey (FAS)

Measures of Adult Wellbeing

Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)

The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWL)

Contentment with Life Assessment Scale (CLAS)

Flourishing Scale (FS)

The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ)

Comprehensive and Brief Inventory of Thriving (CIT & BIT)

Mental Health Continuum Short and Long Form (MHC-SF)

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)

The PERMA Profiler

Measures of Adult Wellbeing at Work

Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ)

Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS)

The Workplace PERMA-Profiler

Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS)

The Gallup Q12 Employee Engagement Questionnaire

The PERMAH Workplace Survey

Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ)

Maslach Burnout Inventory: Educator's Survey (MBI-ES)

Measures of Cultural Wellbeing

School Culture Triage Survey

My Class Inventory-Short Form (MCI-SF)

School-Level Environment Questionnaires (SLEQ)

The Omnibus T-Scale

My Class Inventory-Short Form for Teachers (TMCI-SF)

Individualised Classroom Environment Questionnaire (ICEQ)

ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLES)

Student Engagement Instrument (SEI)

Classroom Environment Scale

Other Resources

Measures of Child Wellbeing

Tools to Measure the General Wellbeing of Children & Adolescents

Measures are listed from short to long in length of administration (based on the shortest form). Each title is hyperlinked to a corresponding section with more information. All measures are reliable and valid.

Free Measures of Child Wellbeing in a General Setting

These measures are for children

These are free measures

Name of Measure	Intended Participants	Length	Pros	Cons
Gratitude Measures	Children	3 items 6 items 16 or 44 items	-Chrono-perspective of wellbeing from combining gratitude with life satisfaction and hope	-No single valid and reliable gratitude measure; combination with life satisfaction required
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS)	Youth 13 yrs+ and adults	7 items/ 14 items	-available in over 25 languages -widely used in UK, Iceland, Spain	-Requires registration
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C)	Children	10 items/20 items	-Includes shortened 10-item version	-Assesses only positive and negative emotions
EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-being	Adolescents	20 items	-Specifically adapted from Seligman’s PERMA model for youth -Freely available, requiring registration -Available in Chinese, German, Spanish, and Turkish

Priced Measures of Child Wellbeing in a General Setting

These measures are for children

These are priced measures

Name of Measure

Intended Participants

Length

Pros

Cons/Price

Six Seconds Youth Version (SEI-YV)

2nd-12th graders

99 items/ 15-20 minutes

-Available in multiple languages

-Scoring is done by developer with validated norms

-Recommended by CASEL

-provides a general overview of 37 social/emotional skills

-Costs $5 per student plus certification/ course fees

-Long: 99 items and 4 short answer questions

Gratitude Measures Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS)Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C)EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-being Six Seconds Youth Version (SEI-YV)

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