About the Measure
Domains | Meta-cognition, Perceptions of Self |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | Internal positive events; Internal negative events |
Description | Assessing children's beliefs on their responsibility for academic successes and failures. |
Example | When you do well on a test at school, it is more likely to be: a) because you studied for it VS; b) because the test was especia |
Link | Crandall, V. C., Katkovsky, W., & Crandall, V. J. (1965). Children's beliefs in their own control of reinforcements in intellectual-academic achievement situations. Child Development, 36(1) 91-109. doi:10.2307/1126783 |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 34 |
Format | Dichotomous |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 9-18 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | Yes |
Cronbach's α | Split ha |
Test retest | 2 months, r= [.47,.74] |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | r> .34 with Iowa Tests of Basic skills in grades 3 and 4 |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Crandall, V. C., Katkovsky, W., & Crandall, V. J. (1965). Children's beliefs in their own control of reinforcements in intellectual-academic achievement situations. Child Development, 36(1) 91-109. doi:10.2307/1126783 Reid, I., & Croucher, A. (1980). The Crandall Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire: A British validation study. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 40(1), 255-258. doi:10.1177/00131644800400014 Furnham, A., & Steele, H. (1993). Measuring locus of control: A critique of general, children's, health‐and work‐related locus of control questionnaires. British Journal of Psychology, 84(4), 443-479. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1993.tb02495.x |