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Develop and validate a psychometric instrument assessing adolescent students' perceived belonging and psychological membership within their school environment.

January 1, 1993Psychology in the Schools

The psychological sense of school membership among adolescents: Scale development and educational correlates

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CGCarol GoodenowMarquette University

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Psychometric evaluation reveals strong reliability for the school membership scale in adolescents, highlighting key links between belonging and motivation.

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Develop and validate a psychometric instrument assessing adolescent students' perceived belonging and psychological membership within their school environment.
Administered preliminary scale items to early adolescent cohorts in a suburban middle school (N = 454) and two multi-ethnic urban junior high schools (N = 301).
Eliminated items with low response variability or those impairing scale reliability to yield a refined 18-item instrument in English and Spanish.
Evaluated construct validity and educational correlates across cross-sectional cohorts and in a subsequent longitudinal project.
Established the 18-item Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) scale, showing good internal consistency reliability across both urban and suburban cohorts and in English and Spanish versions.
Demonstrated construct validity through statistically significant findings across hypothesized student subgroup differences.
Identified substantial positive correlations between perceived school membership and self-reported motivation, alongside moderate positive associations with academic grades and teacher-rated effort.

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Carol Goodenow (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d72f89d2e0540b79f50861 https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6807(199301)30:1<79::aid-pits2310300113>3.0.co;2-x

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January 1, 1993Psychology in the Schools

The psychological sense of school membership among adolescents: Scale development and educational correlates

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Authors

CGCarol GoodenowMarquette University

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Implication

Psychometric evaluation reveals strong reliability for the school membership scale in adolescents, highlighting key links between belonging and motivation.

Key Points

Develop and validate a psychometric instrument assessing adolescent students' perceived belonging and psychological membership within their school environment.
Administered preliminary scale items to early adolescent cohorts in a suburban middle school (N = 454) and two multi-ethnic urban junior high schools (N = 301).
Eliminated items with low response variability or those impairing scale reliability to yield a refined 18-item instrument in English and Spanish.
Evaluated construct validity and educational correlates across cross-sectional cohorts and in a subsequent longitudinal project.
Established the 18-item Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) scale, showing good internal consistency reliability across both urban and suburban cohorts and in English and Spanish versions.
Demonstrated construct validity through statistically significant findings across hypothesized student subgroup differences.
Identified substantial positive correlations between perceived school membership and self-reported motivation, alongside moderate positive associations with academic grades and teacher-rated effort.

Cite This Study

Carol Goodenow (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d72f89d2e0540b79f50861 https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6807(199301)30:1<79::aid-pits2310300113>3.0.co;2-x

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