About the Measure
Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 |
Subscales | Prosocial behaviour; Honesty; Self-control; Self-development; Respect at school; Respect at home |
Description | It is a measure of social-emotional skills and character, intended to assess prosocial behaviour, honesty, self-development, self-control, and respect for rules and expectations for appropriate behaviour both at school and in the home. |
Example | I play nicely with others' |
Link | http://people.oregonstate.edu/~flayb/MY%20PUBLICATIONS/Positive%20Action/Ji%20etal13%20SECDS%20scale%20development%20and%20validation.pdf |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 28 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 3-8 |
Cost single purchase | Free |
Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | >.70 for |
Test retest | 2 weeks, r= [.62,.79] |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | Chi-square(130)= 260.14 p < .01 RMSEA = .04 CFI = .95 TLI = .99 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Not reported |
Concurrent validity | Multiple significant correlations with positive health behaviour, depression and anxiety (Table 3 possesses over 42 values) |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Ji, P., Flay, B. R., & DuBois, D. L. (2013). Social-emotional and character development scale: Development and initial validation with urban elementary school students. Journal of Research in Character Education, 9(2), 121-147. Retrieved from http://people.oregonstate.edu/~flayb/MY%20PUBLICATIONS/Positive%20Action/Ji%20etal13%20SECDS%20scale%20development%20and%20validation.pdf |