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 |

