Year: 2025
Module: Health and Wellbeing
Variable: BENSCALE

 

The Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale (BCE)

The BCE Scale measures positive childhood experiences. It assesses the presence of 10 favourable childhood experiences that reflect love, predicatability, and support , as well as a perceived sense of safety and wellbeing. Each statement is rates Yes/No and each Yes is scored 1 and each No is scored 0. the items are summed to give a score of 0 - 10.

Source: : Narayan, A. J., Rivera, L. M., Bernstein, R. E., Harris, W. W., & Lieberman, A. F. (2018). Positive childhood experiences predict less psychopathology and stress in pregnant women with childhood adversity: A pilot study of the benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) scale. Child Abuse and Neglect, 78, 19-30. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.09.022

All
Males
Females
Mean Score
8.12
8.15
8.13
 

 

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