About the Measure
| Domains | Perceptions of Self, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | SEHS-P: Gratitude; Optimism; Zest; PersistenceSEHS-S: Belief-in-self; Belief-in-others; Emotional competence; Engaged living |
| Description | The SEHS-P was developed to measure a new construct, student covitality—conceptualized as the synergistic experience of well-being that results from the interactions of multiple school-grounded positive traits in youth. It is a developmentally-appropriate assessment with subscales measuring four school-anchored positive-psychological traits that are linked with youth well-being and school engagement. |
| Example | I am lucky to go to my school |
| Link | http://www.michaelfurlong.info/research/scoring_sehs_combined_sep_3.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 20 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 8-17 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .71-.89 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | SEHS-P Chi-square(100)= 462.41 p < .05 CFI=.94 SRMR=.04 RMSEA=.05 SEHS-S Chi-square(50)= 401.16 p <.05 CFI = 0.92 SRMR = 0.05 RMSEA = 0.07 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | SEHS-P: r= [.64,.65] between composite score of SEHS-P (CoVi factor) and Prosocial Behavior Scale of Psychological Sense of School Membership scale (PSSM), r= [.48, .55] with the PSSM acceptance subscale, and r= [.39, .59] with caring relationships subscales. SEHS-S: A CoVi main effect existed for perceptions of school safety, F (3, 4070) = 191.07, p< .0001, R2 = 0.123, with students in the very high CoVi group having the highest self-reported perceptions of schools |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | SEHS-P: Furlong, M. J., You, S., Renshaw, T. L., O’Malley, M. D., & Rebelez, J. (2013). Preliminary development of the Positive Experiences at School Scale for elementary school children. Child Indicators Research, 6(4), 753–775. doi:10.1007/s12187-013-9193-7 SEHS-S: Furlong, M. J., You, S., Renshaw, T. L., Smith, D. C., & O’Malley, M. D. (2014). Preliminary development and validation of the Social and Emotional Health Survey for secondary students. Social Indicators Research, 117(3), 1011–1032. doi: 0.1007/s11205-013-0373-0 |