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 |