About the Measure
Domains | Perceptions of Self |
Key stages | Key Stage 2 |
Subscales | Optimism; Pessimism |
Description | Measures early emerging generalised expectancies of positive and negative outcomes. |
Example | When entering a new situation, my child expects to have fun |
Link | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/per.742/full |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 8 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Parent |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 8 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .68-.81 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | 2-factor model Chi-square(88)= 147.83 p=0.001 Chi-square/df= 1.68 RMSEA = .06 CFI = .93 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | The parent-rated optimism and pessimism of the child were significantly related to the parents’ self-ratings of their own dispositional optimism (B= 0.27, SE= 0.06, t= 4.51, p<0.001) and pessimism (B= 0.19, SE= 0.06, t= 2.97, p= 0.003). |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Lemola, S., Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K. A., Scheier, M. F., Heinonen, K., Pesonen, A.-K., … Lahti, J. (2010). A new measure for dispositional optimism and pessimism in young children. European Journal of Personality, 24(1), 71-84. doi:10.1002/per.742 |