| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Checklist of Trait Names (Davidson & Lang, 1960) was developed as part of a study examining the relationship between children’s perceptions of their teachers’ feelings toward them and their self-perception, academic achievement, and classroom behavior. The checklist uses 35 adjective pairs, with one adjective being the opposite of the other. Students rate which adjective best reflects how they feel their teacher feels about them on a 5-step scale (e.g., “selfish/unselfish,” “obedient/disobedient”). The sample included U.S. students in grades 4 through 6, and the final form used only 30 adjectives. The study confirmed both the reliability and validity of the tool. |
| Author | Davidson, Helen H.; Lang, Gerhard |
| Purpose | To assess how children perceive their teachers’ feelings toward them and explore how these perceptions relate to self-perception, academic achievement, and classroom behavior. |
| Construct | Student Attitudes toward Teacher Expectations |
| Instrument Type | Checklist |
| Test Format | The checklist consists of 35 adjective pairs. Each pair includes opposite adjectives, with 5 steps between them (A, B, C, D, and E) to indicate how closely students feel the adjectives describe their teacher’s attitude toward them. |
| Reliability | The checklist was administered twice with an interval of 4 to 6 weeks. A correlation of 0.85 was observed, indicating high reliability. |
| Validity | Concurrent validity: The checklist’s total score was correlated with a modified version of the Teacher Approval and Disapproval Scale, yielding a correlation of 0.51. |
| Age Group | Childhood (birth-12 yrs); School Age (6-12 yrs) |
| Population | U.S. students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, both male and female |
| Keywords | Academic Achievement; Student’s Perception; Classroom Behavior; Concurrent Validity; Self-Perception; Checklist of Trait Names; Test Development; Test-Retest Reliability; Teacher Expectation |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1037/t54637-000 |
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Mohammed looti (2026). Checklist of Trait Names scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-of-trait-names/
Mohammed looti. "Checklist of Trait Names scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 3 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-of-trait-names/.
Mohammed looti. "Checklist of Trait Names scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-of-trait-names/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Checklist of Trait Names scale', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/checklist-of-trait-names/.
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