About the Measure
Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Perceptions of Self |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | Competence; Confidence; Character; Caring; Connection |
Description | The short PYD student questionnaire measures the 5 C’s (Competence, Connection, Confidence, Caring and Character) and was developed as part of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. |
Example | How important are each of the following to you in your life… I feel my friends are good friends |
Link | https://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/researchPositive4HpydResources.htm |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 34 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 10-18 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .80-.93 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 5 separate EFAs< |
CFA | Bifactor model Chi-square(2563)= 4500.22 p < .001 RMSEA = .02 CFI = .96 TLI = .95 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Significant negative relationships were found with depression r= [-.57,-.06], measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale. Significant negative relationships were found with risk behaviours (Search Institute’s Profiles of Student Life-Attitudes and Behaviors), r= [-.56,-.11] |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Geldhof, G. J., Bowers, E. P., Boyd, M. J., Mueller, M. K., Napolitano, C. M., Schmid, K. L., ... Lerner, R. M. (2014). Creation of short and very short measures of the five Cs of positive youth development. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 24(1), 163-176. doi:10.1111/jora.12039 |