Multidimensional Measure of Children’s Perceptions of Control | Measures Database | Education Endowment Foundation

Domains	Perceptions of Self, Social and Emotional Competence
Key stages	Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Subscales	Cognitive; Social; Physical; General
Description	The MMCPC provides a rich idiographic portrayal of children's perceptions of control.
Example	If I want to do well in school, it's up to me to do it
Link	http://www.jstor.org/stable/1130113?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Psychometry
Implementation

UK norms	Yes
Cronbach's α	.60-.75
Test retest	9 weeks, r= .34; 17 weeks, r= .32
Inter-rater reliability	Not reported
EFA	Principal axis f
CFA	Separate CFAs performed for each of the 4 domains with mixed results in confirming 3-factor structure. 0.0073
Criterion validity	Not reported
Construct validity	Harter's perceived academic competence, r= [-.50,.29]; Mastery motivation, r=[-.39,.21]; Autonomous judgement, r= [-.39,.24]; Peer acceptance, r= [-.48,.20]; Physical competence, r= [-.29,.27]
Concurrent validity	Not reported
Predictive validity	5 out of 8 relationships were significant at p < .05 for success outcomes versus one out of eight for failure outcomes
Responsiveness	Not reported
Floor/Ceiling	Not reported
References	Muldoon, O. T., Lowry, R. G., Prentice, G., & Trew, K. (2004). The factor structure of the multidimensional measure of children’s perceptions of control. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(3), 647-657. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2004.05.020 Connell, J. P. (1985). A new multidimensional measure of children's perceptions of control. Child Development, 56(4), 1018-1041. doi:10.2307/1130113 .