Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Adapted from the Resilience Inventory (Noam & Goldstein, 1998), a 44‐item measure of adolescence resilience. (Song 2003) Taps various domains of resilience: The Optimism (OP) subscale concerns the respondent’s positive perspective on the world and the future. The Self‐Efficacy (SE) subscale concerns confidence in the respondent’s ability to deal with situations or things effectively. One who scores high on this subscale can think of a situation from different perspectives and evaluate alternative actions to deal with it more efficiently. The Relationships with Adults (RA) subscale concerns support from and perceptions of adults. Research suggests that even one supportive figure outside of the family can make children and adolescents feel they are special and important, thereby making them more capable of handling stressors. The Peer Relationships (PR) subscale centers on the respondent’s relationship with friends. A person who scores high on this factor is likely to be popular among friends and have fun with them, thus having an active social life. Quality of peer relationships is reported to play an important role in competence in childhood and adolescence. The Interpersonal Sensitivity (IS) subscale concerns the respondent’s initiative to help others and improve one’s surroundings. Resilient children are empathic of the needs of others and willing to care for them. A person who scores high on this subscale takes the initiative to help others and is sensitive to others’ feelings. The Emotional Control (EC) subscale concerns the respondent’s ability to control himself or herself emotionally. A person who scores high on this factor is not likely to be agitated by a triggering situation but is likely to endure and be patient.
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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
Self‐Awareness ; Self‐Management ; Social Awareness ; Relationship Skills
Respondent
Student
Access and Use
Setting
Anywhere
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Noam, G. G., & Goldstein, L. S. (1998). The Resiliency Inventory. Unpublished Manuscript.
Song, M. (2003). Two studies on the resilience inventory (RI): Toward the goal of creating a culturally sensitive
measure of adolescence resilience. Unpublished Doctorial dissertations, Harvard University.
