Student Leadership Measurement Library
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
How to Access and Cite
Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.
Outcome Families
Programmatic Purpose-terms
Instrument Characteristics
21 Likert-type items [5-point scale, 1 = never, 5 = very frequently]
Elementary and middle school students
Applicable Grade Levels-terms
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
Available Languages
Rationale
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.