Active and Engaged Citizenship (AEC)

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Instrument Overview

AEC was proposed as a second-order latent construct that encompasses four first-order latent factors: Civic Duty, Civic Skills, Neighborhood Social Connection, and Civic Participation. Measurement invariance was tested over time (from Grade 8 to Grade 10) and between boys and girls.

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Organization

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
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Civic Engagement: Emotional Cognitive Behavioral Components
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
26 items

Access and Use

Developer
J. F. Zaff, M. Boyd, Y. Li, J. Lerner, & R. M. Lerner
Setting
Other,
College,
Workforce

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