About the Measure
| Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Perceptions of Self, Resilience and coping |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2 |
| Subscales | Safe and caring school; Peers; External resilience; Internal resilience; Self-confidence |
| Description | This instrument is designed to gain insight into pupils' motivations for completing or dropping out of school. |
| Example | I sometimes feel overwhelmed by school |
| Link | http://www.rockyview.ab.ca/publications/assets_publications/handbooks/sos-q-program-manual |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 42 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 9-10 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .72-.94 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 5-factor oblique |
| CFA | Chi-square(802) = 1398.08 RMSEA =0.049 SRMR = 0.058 CFI = 0.89 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Burger, J. M., Nadirova, A., & Keefer, K. V. (2012). Moving beyond achievement data development of the student orientation to school questionnaire as a noncognitive assessment tool. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30(4), 367-386. doi:10.1177/0734282912449444 Nadirova, A., & Burger, J. M. (2014). Assessing Student Orientation to School to Address Low Achievement and Dropping Out. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 60(2), 300-321. |