How I Feel About Myself and School Questionnaire (HIFAMAS)

The HIFAMAS was developed by Mclellan and Steward from the University of Cambridge to capture children and young people’s perceptions of their well-being in school. It was designed to measure well-being across four dimensions: Interpersonal, Life-satisfaction, Competence, and Negative emotion.

Constructs Being Measured

Primary:

Psychological well-being

Secondary:

Physical well-being

How to Access and Cite

Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.

Outcome Families

Well-being

Connectedness

Awareness

Agency

Mastery

Programmatic Purpose

Classroom-level data and feedback

Feedback for parents and other school-level stakeholders

Program-level monitoring and evaluation

Instrument Characteristics

Type of items:

21 Likert-type items [5-point scale, 1 = never, 5 = very frequently]

Original target population:

Elementary and middle school students

Format:

Self-report

Applicable Grade Levels

Pre-primary

Primary

Secondary

Post-secondary

Supporting Research

McLellan, R., & Steward, S. "Measuring children and young people's wellbeing in the school context," Cambridge Journal of Education, 45 (3), 2015, pp. 307–332.
Selligman, 2011
Selligman, 2011; Kern, et al., 2016

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.