Student Leadership Measurement Library

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

Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.

Outcome Families

Well-being

Connectedness

Programmatic Purpose-terms

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-terms

Primary

Supporting Research

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

Available Languages

Rationale

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.