Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Global Empathy Scale (GES) is a measure of high school aged student's self-reported awareness of political and social rights of others, emotional connectedness to others, as well as one's likelihood to speak up for others. The 11-items within this measure are responded to on a Likert scale. Subscore(s): Empathy
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Social Awareness
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
11 items
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Bachen, C. M., Hern√°ndez-Ramos, P. F., & Raphael, C. (2012). Simulating REAL LIVES: Promoting global empathy and interest in learning through simulation games. Simulation & Gaming, 43(4), 437-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878111432108
