Positive Youth Development Sustainability Scale (PYDSS)

This scale is meant to be used as a self-reporting tool to assess the impacts of positive youth development programs. These programs are meant to provide opportunities for youth to increase their skills, abilities, and interests in positive activities. This scale was created for both domestic and international use. This scale was based on the PYDI (Arnold et al) but adjusted with items removed and a construct to measure happiness added.

Content

Domains
Self Awareness,
Responsible Decision Making,
Relationship Skills,
Social Awareness
Subdomain

Development

Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
32 items
Qualifications

N/A

Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Contact

Michael Sieng, Arizona State University. Email: michael.sieng@asu.edu

Open Access
Yes

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References

Sieng, M., Cloutier, S., & Irimata, K. (2018). Positive Youth Development Sustainability Scale (PYDSS): The development of an assessment tool. Journal of Social Change10(1), 81-97. https://doi.org/10.5590/JOSC.2018.10.1.07

National Comparison
No
Item Type
Likert

Psychometric Considerations

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