About the Measure
| Domains | Perceptions of Self, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
| Subscales | Instrumental; Social; Emotional; Intelligence; Physical appearance |
| Description | A measure for assessing adolescents’ self-representation, and to identify sex and age differences. |
| Example | Affectionate |
| Link | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-016-0438-1 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 21 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 12-16 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .59-.81 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 5-factor oblique |
| CFA | 5-factor model Chi-square(177)= 453.74 Chi-square/df ratio = 2.56 CFI = .90 RMSEA = .08 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | For instrumental self-representations, r= -.18 with social problems; r= -.19 with thought problems; r= -.27 with attention problems, = -.21 with opposition behaviour; r= -.20 with aggressive behaviour; For intelligence self-representations, r= -.24 with isolation/depression; r= -.27 with somatic complaints; r= -.26 with attention problems |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Silva, C. S., Martins, A. C., & Calheiros, M. M. (2016). Development and psychometric properties of the Self-Representation Questionnaire for Adolescents (SRQA). Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(9), 2718-2732. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0438-1 |