About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Meta-cognition, Perceptions of Self |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Agency; Pathway |
| Description | A measure of dispositional hope which is comprised of agency i.e. the ability take to initiate and sustain action towards desired goals and pathways i.e. the capability to take pathways to these goals. |
| Example | I think I am doing pretty well |
| Link | https://academic.oup.com/jpepsy/article/22/3/399/917485/The-Development-and-Validation-of-the-Children-s |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 6 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 5 |
| Age | 8-19 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .72-.86 |
| Test retest | 1 week, r= .73; 1 month, r= .71 |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 2-factor solutio |
| CFA | 2-factor correlated model Chi-square(6)= 33.19 GFI= .98 CFI=.97 TLI= .93 RMSEA= .09 |
| Criterion validity | Student Life Satisfaction Scale, r= .55; Conners-Wells Adolescent Self-Report Scales (CASS), r= .53; Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (JEPQ-A) extraversion subscale, r= .16; Youth Self Report externalising subscale, r= -.32 and internalising subscale, r= -.32; JEPQ-A neuroticism subscale, r= -.28; Life Events Checklist, r= -.11 |
| Construct validity | Self-Perception Profile for Children's Competence scholastic subscale, r= [.35,.59], social acceptance subscale, r= [.23,.43], athletics subscale, r=.[26,.35], physical appearance subscale, r= [.00,.46] and behavioural conduct subscale r= [.27,.41]; Children's Attributional Style total positive, r= [.32,.52] total negative, r= [-.20,-19]; Hopelessness, r= [-.24,-.18]; Intelligence, r= .03 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Iowa Test of Basic Skills, r= .50; Incremental validity over Self-Perception Profile for Children incremental increase in r²= .22 |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Snyder, C. R., Hoza, B., Pelham, W. E., Rapoff, M., Ware, L., Danovsky, M., ... & Stahl, K. J. (1997). The development and validation of the Children’s Hope Scale. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22(3), 399-421. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/22.3.399 Valle, M. F., Huebner, E. S., & Suldo, S. M. (2004). Further evaluation of the Children's Hope Scale. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 22(4), 320-337. doi:10.1177/073428290402200403 |