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+Student-Peer Measure

Hoffman, Richmond, Morrow, & Salomone (2002)

Topic: Campus Engagement & Belonging - Sense of Belonging

Instructions: 

Read each item carefully and to rate your agreement with each statement, based on your experience at the university during the current school year, by filling in an oval to the right of each statement.

Response Options:

  1. Completely True
  2. Mostly True
  3. Equally True and Untrue
  4. Mostly Untrue
  5. Completely Untrue

Items:

  1. I feel comfortable asking a question in class
  2. I discuss course material with my classmates before or after class.
  3. I feel comfortable volunteering ideas or opinions in class.
  4. Speaking in class is easy because I feel comfortable.
  5. Class sizes are so large I feel like a number.
  6. I like knowing other people in my classes.
  7. I wish I knew more students in my classes who I could call if I had a question.
  8. If I have a question in class I usually ask it.
  9. I have made new friends as a result of my enrollment in my courses.
  10. Even in my small classes, I do not know by name many of the students.
  11. I know the phone numbers of other students in my classes.
  12. I feel alone when I am in class.
  13. I rarely talk to other students in my classes.
  14. I ask students in other classes to help me with a problem I am having in another course.
  15. I say hello to people I recognize from class when I see them outside of class.
  16. I am afraid to speak in class.
  17. I have spent time talking informally to students in class about assignments in a different course.
  18. I do not feel that I know students who could help me with a course if I needed it.
  19. I often find myself talking to students in class about tests or coursework from a different course.
  20. It is easy for me to get in touch with another student from my class if I had a question or a problem.
  21. Even in my smaller classes, I often do not volunteer an answer or opinion because I am embarrassed.
  22. I participate in study groups with other students.
  23. I never discuss coursework with my classmates outside of class.
  24. If I miss class, I know students who I could get the notes from.
  25. I stop to talk to people I recognize from class when I see them in other places on campus.
  26. I could call another student from class if I had a question about an assignment.
  27. Other students are helpful in reminding me when assignments are due or when tests are approaching.
  28. I feel comfortable contributing to class discussions.
  29. I know very few people in my classes.
  30. I miss few assignments because others remind me when they are due.
  31. People I know from class invite me to do things socially.
  32. No one in my classes knows anything personal about me.
  33. Students in my classes know my name.
  34. I have discussed personal matters with students who I met in class.
  35. It is difficult to meet other students in class.
  36. I have developed personal relationships with other students in class.
  37. It has not been easy to make friends with other students in class.
  38. I am satisfied with my academic experience.
  39. I have given my telephone number to my classmates.
  40. I invite people I know from class to do things socially.
  41. I discuss events which happen outside of class with my classmates.
  42. Classmates ask me for help with a course.
  43. I have met with classmates outside of class to study for an exam.
  44. I have joined a campus club or organization with someone I know from class.
  45. Classmates have contacted me outside of class to ask about an assignment.
  46. I have worked on a class assignment, project, or presentation with other students.
  47. I contact people I know from class and spend time with them outside of class.

Citation: 

Hoffman, M., Richmond, J., Morrow, J., & Salomone, K. (2002). Investigating “Sense of Belonging” in First-Year College Students. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 4(3), 227–256. https://doi.org/10.2190/DRYC-CXQ9-JQ8V-HT4V Links to an external site.. 

Link to PDF: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2190/DRYC-CXQ9-JQ8V-HT4V Links to an external site.

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