Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
The CoVitality SEHS, partially funded by IES at the US Department of Education, aligns with national frameworks of social-emotional competencies, measuring student strengths. There are three forms for use in corresponding grade levels: primary, secondary, and higher education.
Content
Grades
Kindergarten,
4,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Languages
English
Other Language/s
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Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
16-36 items
Administration
Computer
Access and Use
Contact
Michael Furlong, PhD
Open Access
No
Use in Research
Hinton, T., Dowdy, E., Furlong, M. J., Nylund-Gibson, K., Carter, D., & Wagle, R. (2021). Examining the Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary for Use with Latinx Youth. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 39(2), 242–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282920953236
Jones, C. N., You, S., & Furlong, M. J. (2013). A preliminary examination of covitality as integrated wellbeing in college students. Social Indicators Research, 111, 511–526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-012-0017-9
Wilkins, B., Boman, P., & Mergler, A. (2015). Positive psychological strengths and school engagement in primary school children. Cogent Education, 2, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2015.1095680
Zachariah, S., Boman, P., Mergler, A., & Furlong, M. J. (2015). Examining well-being, anxiety, and self-deception in university students. Cogent Psychology, 2, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2014.993850
Psychometrics
Scoring
Computer scoring
Psychometric References
Furlong, M. J., You, S., Shishim, M., & Dowdy, E. (2017). Development and validation of the Social Emotional Health Survey–Higher Education Version. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 12, 343–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-016-9464-9
Furlong, M. J., Nylund-Gibson, K., Dowdy, E., Wagle, R., Hinton, T., & Carter, D. (2020). Modification and standardization of Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary— 2020 edition. University of California Santa Barbara, International Center for School Based Youth Development. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED600109
Renshaw, T. R. (2016). Technical adequacy of the Positive Experiences at School Scale with Adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 33, 757–768. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282915627920
Item Type
Likert
