covers

Belonging

Measure

Authors

Topic

Type

Administration

Potential

Age Range

The Sense of School Community Scales


Battistich et al. (1995)



Battistich et al. (2004)


Sense of school community and membership

38-item

self-report

questionnaire


18-item

self-report

Questionnaire


Group

Primary:

8-11 years



Secondary:

11-16 years

The Student Engagement Instrument

Appleton et al. (2006)

Student engagement / disaffection with school

33-item self-report questionnaire


Group

12-18 years

The Psychological Sense of School Membership Scale


The Belonging Scale


Goodenow (1993)






Adapted by Frederickson et al. (2007)


Sense of school belonging and membership

18-item self-report questionnaire





12 item self-report questionnaire

Group or Individual

10-14 years







8-14 years

The Family Connectedness Scale


The School Connectedness Scale


Resnick et al. (1997)

Networks of support / shared emotional connection in school and family


12-item

self-report questionnaire


6-item

self-report questionnaire

Group or Individual

12-18 years

Social Cognitive Mapping

Cairns & Cairns (1994)

Informal peer social networks and influences within peer groups


Peer & self-report survey

Group or Individual

6-16 years


The Four Field Map

Sturgess et al. (2001)

Children’s social networks and perspectives on relationships / support


Self-report survey

Group or Individual

4 -18 years