Stirling Children’s Wellbeing Scale (SCWBS)

The SCWBS is a measure of well-being designed for children and adolescents. It containts three subscales: Positive emotional state, Positive outlook, and Social desirability indicator. The tool was developed by Liddle and Carter from the Stirling Council Educational Psychology Service in the UK.

Constructs Being Measured
Primary: 
Psychological well-being
Secondary: 
Social well-being
How to Access and Cite

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Outcome Families
Well-being
Connectedness
Awareness
Agency
Mastery
Programmatic Purpose
Classroom-level data and feedback
Program-level monitoring and evaluation
Instrument Characteristics
Type of items: 

15 Likert-type items [5-point scale, 1 = never, 5 = all of the time]

Original target population: 

8-15 year olds

Format: 
Self-report
Applicable Grade Levels
Pre-primary
Primary
Secondary
Post-secondary
Supporting Research

Liddle, I. and Carter, G.F.
Stirling Council Educational Psychology Service (UK)
Selligman, 2011
Selligman, 2011; Kern, et al., 2016

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.