+The Thriving Quotient™(TQ)
Schreiner (2020)
Topic: Campus Engagement & Belonging - Thriving Quotient
Description of Measure:
The Thriving Quotient™(TQ) is an instrument that was developed to measure the academic, social, and psychological aspects of a student’s college experience that are most predictive of academic success, institutional fit, satisfaction with college, and ultimately graduation. The 23 items on the TQ cluster onto 5 scales:
- Engaged Learning– a measure of the degree to which students are meaningfully processing what happens in class, energized by what they are learning, and continuing to think about it outside of class
- Academic Determination– a measure of students’ goal-directedness, investment of effort, and regulation of their own learning and use of time
- Positive Perspective– a measure of students’ optimism, and explanatory style
- Social Connectedness– a measure of students’ involvement in healthy relationships and social support networks, whether on or off campus
- Diverse Citizenship– a measure of students’ desire to make a difference in the community around them, as well as their openness to differences in others
For full scale items, please go to: https://www.thrivingincollege.org/surveys#:~:targetText=The%20Thriving%20Quotient%E2%84%A2&targetText=The%20TQ%20was%20developed%20over,refined%20to%20its%20current%20state Links to an external site.