Life effectiveness

Life effectiveness is term which refers to the performance of generic personal and social life skills. Related terms include psychological resilience and practical intelligence.

The Life Effectiveness Questionnaire provides a self-report instrument for assessing several purported life effectiveness skills, including:

1. Time Management
2. Social Competence
3. Achievement Motivation
4. Intellectual Flexibility
5. Emotional Control
6. Task Leadership
7. Active Initiative
8. Self Confidence

Workshop activity

1. Present and discuss notion of life effectiveness - handout - for more info, see http://wilderdom.com/leq
   1. Related concepts: Practical intelligence, self-concept etc.
   2. Definitions of generic life effectiveness skills
   3. Describe the eight life effectiveness (LEQ-H) dimensions
2. Present and discuss outdoor education results from http://wilderdom.com/phd
3. Highlight the general trend of a small drop between pre-program and first day (due to situational threat), the substantial increase during the program (probably inflated by post-group euphoria at program end), and the partial loss of gains during the follow-up period (typical of interventions). Of potential concern is that the 1st day to last day snapshot (typical of many evaluations) may over-estimate the amount of change during the program due to the initial depression and end-of-program euphoria. Thus, longitudinal research with a control group is preferable.

See also

• Advanced ANOVA/Data/LEQ - provides description of a downloadable LEQ database

External links

• Life Effectiveness Questionnaire (Wilderdom) - Provides an overview and description of the instrumentation for potential users
• James Neill's draft PhD (Wilderdom):
  • Chapter 3 provides theoretical background to the LEQ
  • Chapter 6 provides psychometric testing of the instrument