About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
| Subscales | Social competence; Emotional awareness; Goal setting; Emotional regulation; Empathy |
| Description | This inventory is based on a conceptualization of personal strengths with five components: emotional awareness (EA), emotional regulation (ER), goal setting (GS), empathy (EM), and social competence (SC). |
| Example | I get along well with other people |
| Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0734282910365648 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 28 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-16 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .70-.79 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 5-factor solutio |
| CFA | Confirms EFA. Chi-square (195) = 443 p < .01 NNFI = .92 CFI = .94 RMSEA = .038 SRMR = 0.044 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Subscales significantly predicted aggression, anxiety and depression (Regression) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Kienfie Liau, A., Chow, D., Teck Kiang Tan, & Senf, K. (2010). Development and validation of the Personal Strengths Inventory using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 29(1), 14–26. doi:10.1177/0734282910365648 |