Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Physical and verbal aggression is a 20‐item scale (e.g.,” I threaten others”, “I get into fights) with five control items. Target items offer a description of a child’s behavior aimed at hurting others physically and verbally (Pastorelli et. al. 1997). Prosocial behavior was assessed by 10 items in terms of helpfulness, sharing, kindness, and cooperativeness (e.g., “I try to help others “) (Caprara & Pastorelli, 1993).
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Keywords
Relationship Skills ; Responsible Decision Making (Risky/Disruptive/ Externalizing Behaviors)
Respondent
Parent,
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
30 items
Access and Use
Developer
A. Bandura, C. Barbaranelli, G. V. Caprara, & C. Pastorelli
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Bandura, A., Barbaranelli, C., Caprara, G. V., & Pastorelli, C. (1996a). Mechanisms of moral disengagement in
the exercise of moral agency. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 364–374.
Caprara, G. V. & Pastorelli, C. (1993). Early emotional instability, prosocial behavior and aggression: Some
methodological aspects. European Journal of Personality, 7, 19‐36.
Pastorelli, C., Barbaranelli, C., Cermak, I., Rozsa, S., & Caprar, G. V. (1997). Measuring emotional instability,
prosocial behavior and aggression in pre‐adolescents: A cross‐national study. Personality and Individual
Differences, 23(4)), 6911‐703
