About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | This 24-item questionnaire was developed to assess children’s feelings of loneliness and social dissatisfaction. |
| Example | It’s easy for me to make new friends at school |
| Link | http://psycnet.apa.org/buy/1985-30488-001 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 16 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 8-12 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .90 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Single-factor so |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | r= -.25 (best friend nominations) |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Asher, S.R., Hymel, S. & Renshaw, P.D. (1984). Loneliness in Children. Child Development, 55(4), 1456-1464. doi:10.2307/1130015 |