About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Impulse control; Suppression of aggression; Consideration of others; Responsibility |
| Description | It is an assessment of an individual's social-emotional adjustment within the context of external constraints. |
| Example | I do things without giving them enough thought |
| Link | http://www.selfdefiningmemories.com/WAI_Scoring_Manual.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 84 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 10-17 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .67-.95 |
| Test retest | 7 months, r= .76 |
| Inter-rater reliability | r= >.80 for subscales in adolescent version |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Higher-order model (modified) Chi-square(98) = 307.96 CFI = .95 RMSEA = .04 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | r= [-.55,-.20) for Weinberger Adjustment Inventory Self-Restraint Scale subscales and Problem Behavior Frequency subscales |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Farrell, D., Sullivan, T., & Stephen N. (2000). Structure of the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory Self-Restraint Scale and its relation to problem behaviors in adolescence. Psychological Assessment, 12(4), 394-401. doi:10.1037//1040-3590.12.4.394 Weinberger, D., & Butcher, J. (1997). Distress and self-restraint as measures of adjustment across the life span: Confirmatory factor analyses in clinical and nonclinical samples. Psychological Assessment, 9(2), 132-135. doi:10.1037//1040-3590.9.2.132 |