Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Mental Toughness Scale for Adolescents, examines the attributes of challenge, commitment, confidence (abilities and interpersonal), and control (life and emotion).
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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
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Challenge ; Interpersonal Confidence ; Confidence in Abilities ; Emotion Control ; Control of LIfe ; Commitment
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
18 items
Access and Use
Developer
S. McGeown, H. St. Clair-Thompson, & D. W. Putwain
Setting
Schoolwide
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
McGeown, S., St. Clair-Thompson, H., & Putwain, D. W. (2018). The development and validation of a mental toughness scale for adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36(2), 148-161.
