Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (SSWQ)
The SSWQ is a 16-item measure for assessing subjective wellbeing of pupils in the school environment. It includes 4 key areas of school life and wellbeing looking deeper into school connectedness and belonging, academic efficacy, joy of learning and educational purpose. Areas that are key for pupils to thrive in their learning!
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Introduction
Here are some questions about what you think, feel and do at school. Read each sentence and choose the one best answer for how you felt in the past month.
What this survey measures
This survey is structured around 5 scales.
Overall Scale
Overall Student Wellbeing is looking at how young people feel about school, splitting into four groups with each group measuring a different part of a student’s well-being at school. The higher score the more a student feels better about school. When focusing on students feelings about school, teachers can directly influence this area and research has shown that a student's well-being in school is directly linked to their academic success.
Sub-scales
This is all about a student's sense of belonging and how well they get along with others at school. This scale includes questions about feeling a sense of belonging, being able to be oneself, feeling cared for, and being treated with respect at school. Having a strong sense of belonging at school has been shown to be a very effective way to reduce anxiety in students.
Here we are measuring how much a student enjoys and feels good about the things they do in class. This part of the survey asks if a student feels happy and excited about learning new things or working on class projects. This feeling of joy can help students become more aware of their surroundings, which in turn helps them build skills like creativity and problem-solving
Here we are looking at whether a student believes school is important and meaningful and if they believe school should be taken seriously. Questions relating to whether they feel that the things they do at school are important and if what they are learning will help them later in life.
Here we are measuring if a students believe that they can successfully handle the demands of schoolwork. Looking at confidence in their own abilities, their perception of succeeding in class, doing good work, getting good grades.
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I get excited about learning new things in class
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