Stirling Children's Wellbeing Scale.

SCWBS

What it measures

Positive emotional and psychological well-being in children (about 8-15) - a positively framed child well-being measure covering positive outlook and positive affect (with a social-desirability sub-scale).

Length and format

15 (12 wellbeing + 3 social-desirability). 5-pt frequency (never - all of the time) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Primarily English (UK); some adaptations

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

Liddle, I., & Carter, G. F. A. (2015). Emotional and psychological well-being in children: the development and validation of the Stirling Children's Wellbeing Scale. Educational Psychology in Practice, 31(2), 174-185.