Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
This scale measures three dimensions of purpose: goal directedness, personal meaning, and beyond-the-self orientation. Purpose is operationalized by the developers of the scale as a long-term, forward looking intention to accomplish meaningful aims. Each of the 12 items has a Likert style response, but the scale items are unique to each question causing a slower response time which can lead to a more accurate measure.
Content
Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
12 items
Qualifications
Researchers and administrators should be familiar with the scale and interpretations of low, mid-range, and higher scores.
Administration
Paper
Timed
No
Access and Use
Contact
Kendall Cotton Bronk
kcbronk@cgu.edu
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Bronk, K. C., Leontopoulou, S., & McConchie, J. (2019). Youth purpose during the great recession: A mixed-methods study. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(4), 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2018.1484942
Bronk, K. C., Mitchell, C., Hite, B., Mehoke, S., & Cheung, R. (2020). Purpose among youth from low‐income backgrounds: A mixed methods investigation. Child Development, 91(6), e1231-e1248. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13434
Psychometrics
Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References
Bronk, K. C., Riches, B. R., & Mangan, S. A. (2018). Claremont Purpose Scale: A measure that assesses the three dimensions of purpose among adolescents. Research in Human Development, 15(2), 101-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2018.1441577
Item Type
Likert
