Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
53 items are organized into “mega”‐scales for positive and negative affect, inappropriate affect, positive and negative involvement with activities and environment, impulsivity (negative reactions to frustration), positive reactions to frustration, aggression/unusual behaviors, social isolation, peer skills, and empathy/prosocial behavior. Thus, many elements of emotional competence, as well as some elements of social problem solving (e.g., deals with frustration by verbalizing the problem), and numerous relationship skills, are tapped by the MPAC. Has been recently shortened by Denham and computerized version is in the works.
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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
Keywords
Social Awareness ; Self‐Management ; Relationship Skills ; (Lack of Disruptive Behaviors and Internalizing Symptoms)
Respondent
Student
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Denham, S. A., Bassett, H. H., Thayer, S. K., Mincic, M., Sirotkin, Y.S, & Zinsser, K. (2012). Observing preschoolers’ social-emotional behavior: Structure, foundations, and prediction of early school success. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 173, 246-278. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2011.597457
