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Match / Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ OJP) / Mentoring Programs

Measure 1823

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved interpersonal relationships?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q16

Tier 2: Add one free instrument

Asks for a reported change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition.

Instruments for youth development
  • Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Public domain 10 items, about 2-3 min

    License: “freely available; permission not required for use.”

    EN; Chinese. Measures global self-esteem, not mentoring quality or employment readiness.

    Form
  • General Self-Efficacy Scale, Schwarzer/Jerusalem Free, with conditions 10 items, about 4 min

    License: “permission to use and reproduce the General Self-Efficacy Scale for your study”

    EN; extensive translations. The author's permission explicitly addresses research studies; do not represent it as unrestricted permission for a commercial product.

    Form
  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Free, with conditions 25 core items, about 5-10 min

    License: “Paper copies "without charge by individuals or non-profit organisations," subject to the owner's conditions. Electronic reproduction requires separate authorization; no unauthorized modification.”

    EN; many translations. Select the authorized 25-item, one-sided form. Impact supplements and administrative additions can push the administered packet above 30 items. Embedding it in software is a separate, paid-permission case (see the trap list).

    Form
  • Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) Free, with conditions 12 items, about 3-4 min

    License: “The MSPSS is free to use.”

    EN; Spanish, Chinese, French and many other translations. The author asks users to credit Zimet and colleagues. The author states there are no established population norms; avoid inventing clinical cutoffs.

    Form
  • CRQ-A: four selected career-resource subscales Free, with conditions 12, four validated 3-item subscales items, about 3-5 min

    License: “CC BY-NC 4.0: attribution and noncommercial use.”

    EN verified. The complete CRQ-A has 36 items and fails the length rule; this entry concerns the named subscales only.

    Form
  • PALS Academic Efficacy subscale Free, with conditions 5 items, about 1-2 min

    License: “non-commercial use”

    EN verified. NMRC states no cost. Use this established subscale (printed p. 20), not the entire manual's questionnaire collection. Confidence is not academic achievement.

    Form
  • Engagement versus Disaffection: Behavioral Engagement subscale Free, with conditions 5 items, about 1-2 min

    License: “non-commercial use; no advance permission required.”

    EN verified. Complete questions and response options are in the article appendix; there is no separate standalone PDF verified.

    Form
  • Revised Implicit Theories of Intelligence, Self scale Free, with conditions 8 items, about 2-3 min

    License: “non-commercial use”

    EN verified. NMRC states no charge. Direction is easily reversed accidentally. Mindset change does not itself establish improved grades. Form is Appendix 1 of an author manuscript.

    Form
  • Hemingway School Connectedness subscale Free, with conditions 6 items, about 1-2 min

    License: “non-commercial use; no charge. Author requests review of terms and an acceptance email before use.”

    EN; Spanish, French, Chinese. Use the school subscale and age-appropriate version; the full connectedness instrument is longer.

    Form

Interpersonal relationships refer to parent-child relationship, very important non-parent adult, student-teacher relationship, peer relationships and feelings of loneliness, and community connectedness.

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