Helping Students Make Informed Choices About College
Category: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Instrument Overview
Expert Notes AvailableView expert commentary on strengths and cautions for this instrument
Strengths
Captures multidimensional feelings of acceptance, mattering, and connection. Widely used in higher education equity and persistence research. Sensitive to institutional climate and peer/faculty relationships.
Cautions
This is not a standardized instrument with fixed psychometrics; it’s closer to a theory-driven item bank or construct operationalization.
A family of items grounded in Strayhorn's theoretical model laid out in his 2012 book College Students' Sense of Belonging.
Organization
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
Post secondary
Languages
English
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Strayhorn, T. L. (2019). College students’ sense of belonging: A key to educational success for all students (2nd edition). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
