The Social Connectedness Scale-Revised

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Instrument Overview

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Strengths

Sensitive to differences in perceived social integration and isolation.

Cautions

Limited ability to capture structural or environmental influences on connection. May overlap with related constructs like loneliness and belongingness.

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
Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Collection(s): AIR Student Well-Being, College Readiness and Success
Collection Category(ies)
Student Cultural Competence and Diversity,
Student Social and Emotional Competencies,
Social Skills

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Tags
Belonging,
College readiness,
Higher education,
Learning environments

Content

Grades
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Belonging ; Student Measure ; Social Connectedness ; Belongingness
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
8 items
Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Link
https://youthrex.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Social-Connectedness-Scale-…
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