EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being.
EPOCH
- What it measures
- Five positive psychological characteristics that foster adolescent flourishing - Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness, and Happiness.
- Length and format
- 20 (4 per domain). 5-pt response scales (frequency/agreement depending on domain) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Translated/validated in several languages incl. ZH (Chinese), and others
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Kern, M. L., Benson, L., Steinberg, E. A., & Steinberg, L. (2016). The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being. Psychological Assessment, 28(5), 586-597.
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