Social adaptation scale of middle-school students[1]
1. I often feel that I can do nothing well.
2. I can not concentrate in class.
3. When talking to others, I do not dare to look directly.
4. Parents do not understand me; my parents and I communicate very little.
5. I am often criticized by my teachers, having bad relationship with them.
6. I am able to do things well.
7. I am lack of initiative, always learning passively.
8. When aggrieved or wronged, I feel life is boring.
9. I always blush when speaking with strangers.
10. Parents are very democratic, so I can express myopinions.
11. I could not endure the behavior of some schoolmates, and often quarrel with them.
12. I am not discouraged by frustrations.
13. I will be in a bad mood for very long time when I am frustrated.
14. I always want to play, not caring about study.
15. I feel shy and uncomfortable to communicate with heterosexual schoolmates.
16. I communicate withmy parents very well,takingthem as my friends.
17. I do not like the teaching way.
18. In noisy places, I can still focus on learning.
19. I have not found my satisfactory way of learning.
20. I often feel myself useless.
21. I want to be reconciled with classmates, but do not know how to.
22. Parents care only about my study; but not other aspects of development.
23. I communicate rarely with their teachers,because I do not want to be close to them.
24. I will spend more time to study those subjects that I am not good at.
25. I do not know what to learn at school.
26. I feel difficult to live in the world, and to cope with people.
27. I have very little communication with heterosexual schoolmates.
28. When I go home,I will talk with my parents about what happened at school.
29. I feel high school life is too monotonous and rigid.
30. No matter how urgent the situation is, I can calm down to deal with it.
31. I always put off homework until the last moment.
32. I turn angry when I feel sad.
33. I do not even dare to thinkpublic speech andperformance.
34. My family atmosphere is relaxed and happy.
35. I feel at a loss as to what to do when I encounter sudden problems.
36. I feel most people are difficult to get along with.
37. I have a good study plan, and can put it into practice.
38. I always do not know how to deal with difficulties in life.
39. I feel uncomfortable when meeting strangers.
40. I think the teachers do not care about the students.
41. I do not discuss some ideas with my parents because of fear of criticism.
42. I have my own set methods of effective learning.
43. I often think I am not as good as other students.
44. I often quarrel with schoolmates for trifles.
45. I am able to adapt to a new environment very soon.
46. I always want to whisper to classmates.
47. I always worry for no reason.
48. I can do most of the decisionsof what happened in my life.
49. I feel tired of the heavy study task.
50. I am seldom vigorous.
51. I get along very well with teachers.
52. I feel very depressed to go to school and hate learning.
53. Sometimes I feel alive is meaningless.
54. I am satisfied with the school learning environment.
55. Sometimes I think of something, but am too lazy to do it.
56. Distracted by household chores, I can not devote myself to learning.
57. My classmates and I get along very well based on mutual understanding and trust.
58. I am always hesitant.
59. I do not know how to organize my spare time.
Scoring method:
To a black item, if completely consistent, it scores 1 point; if basically consistent, 2 points; if basically contrary, 3 points; and if completely contrary, 4 points.
To a red item, if completely consistent, it scores 4 points; if basically consistent, 3 points; if basically contrary, 2 points; and if completely contrary, 1 point.
Table: Classification of the scale items
Aspects of social life / Number of items / Index of itemsadaptation to study / 13 / 2, 7, 14, 19, 25, 31, 37, 42, 46, 49, 52, 55, 59
self-image and self-organization / 13 / 1, 8, 13, 20, 26, 32, 36, 43, 47, 50, 53, 56, 58
relationship out of school and family / 9 / 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 33, 38, 39, 48
relationship with parents and the family / 7 / 4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 34, 41
relationship in school / 10 / 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 40, 44, 51, 54, 57
tolerance to frustration / 7 / 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 35, 45
References
1.Jia LB (2007) The Development and initial application in the social adaptation scale of middle-school students. Shandong University, Jinan, pp 53-8
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