About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Perceptions of Self |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | General progress; Specific progress; Observational comparison; Social feedback; Physiological states |
| Description | The WSPS provides an estimation on how children feel about themselves as writers. |
| Example | My writing has improved |
| Link | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20201910?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 38 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 9-12 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .87-.91 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Bottomley, D., Henk, W., & Melnick, S. (1997). Assessing children's views about themselves as writers using the Writer Self-Perception Scale. The Reading Teacher, 51(4), 286-296. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20201910 |