Commitment to School

Commitment to School— Rochester Youth Development Study
Thornberry‚ Lizotte‚ Krohn‚Farnworth & Jang‚ 1991
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DESCRIPTION
These ten items measure feelings about the importance of school work. Students are asked to check the response that best corresponds with their beliefs. This might be a good instrument for school-based mentoring programs.
KEYWORDS
This tool touches on the following keywords:
·         School and Academics
WHERE TO FIND OR DOWNLOAD
This instrument can be found on page 43 of Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes‚ Behaviors‚ and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools‚ available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/YV_Compendium.pdf
FEES AND REQUIREMENTS
None noted.
AGE RANGE
Youths initially in grades 7-8 in 1988‚ and followed into adulthood.
HOW TO ADMINISTER AND SCORE
Point values for items 1-9 are assigned as indicated above. Point values for item 10 are assigned as follows:
Strongly agree=4
Agree=3
Disagree=2
Strongly disagree=1
Definitely go out with friends = 1
Probably go out with friends = 2
Probably study = 3
Definitely study = 4
Items 2‚ 3‚ 4 and 5 are reverse coded‚ then all values are summed and divided by the total number of items. Intended range is 1-4‚ with a higher score indicating greater commitment to school.
SOURCE
Thornberry‚ Terence P.‚ Alan J. Lizotte‚ Marvin D. Krohn‚ Margaret Farnworth‚ and Sung Joon Jang. 1991. Testing interactional theory: An examination of reciprocal causal relationships among family‚ school‚ and delinquency. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 82:3-35. NCJRS 131768
Commitment to School
1. How often do you feel that the school work you are assigned is meaningful and important?
2. How interesting are most of your courses to you?
3. How important do you think the things you are learning in school are going to be for your later life?
Now‚ thinking back over the past year in school‚ how often did you...
4. Enjoy being in school?
5. Hate being in school?
6. Try to do your best work in school?
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