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 |