Instrument Overview
The Social Connectedness Scale includes 8 items and measures students' sense of connectedness, affiliation, and companionship to provide a broad picture of belongingness. The authors have an accompanying Social Assurance scale (which measures students' sense of companionship and affiliation) often administered in tandem with the Social Connectedness Scale.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Belonging ; Student Measure ; Social Connectedness ; Belongingness
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
8 items
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Setting
Anywhere
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Lee, R. M., & Robbins, S. B. (1995). Measuring belongingness: The Social Connectedness and the Social Assurance Scales. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 42, 232 - 241 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.42.2.232
