About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | Positive emotion; Negative emotion; Emotional control |
| Description | A multi-dimensional, self-report measure of emotional arousal and regulation for children. |
| Example | I was happy very often |
| Link | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14593841 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 30 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 15 |
| Age | 8-12 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .77-.90 |
| Test retest | Over 2 years at 6 month intervals, r= [.3-.63](Walden et al., 2003). After 15 months, r= [.34-.42](Cicucci et al., 2016). |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | A 3 factor solut |
| CFA | 3-factor model cross-sectional sample (conceptual) CFI=.980 NFI=.977 TLI=.965 RMSEA=.089 3-factor model (Ciucci et al 2016) Chi-square(373)= 1092.25 CFI= .92 RMSEA=.04 SRMR= .06 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | How I Feel (HIF) positive emotion subscale correlated with Affect Expression Rating Scale (AERS) happy subscale, r= .36 and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) positive affect subscale, r= .62; Peer ratings of popularity, rho= .35; HIF negative emotion subscale correlated with AERS happy subscale, r= -.26 and PANAS negative affect subscale, r= .62 and Behavioural control, r= .08 and Coping, r= .37 |
| Concurrent validity | Significant relationships in expected directions with Positive and Negative Affect Schedule positive and negative subscales, parent and teacher ratings of happiness and a coping measure r= [.08,.62] (Walden et al., 2003). Significant relationships with peer estimated emotions r= [.20,.42], and self-reported emotional self-efficacy r= [.27,.41} (Ciucci et al., 2016) |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Ciucci, E., Baroncelli, A., Grazzani, I., Ornaghi, V., & Caprin, C. (2016). Emotional Arousal and Regulation: Further Evidence of the Validity of the “How I Feel” Questionnaire for Use With School‐Age Children. Journal of School Health, 86(3), 195-203. doi:10.1111/josh.12370 Walden, T. A., Harris, V. S., & Catron, T. F. (2003). How I feel: A self-report measure of emotional arousal and regulation for children. Psychological Assessment, 15(3), 399-412. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.15.3.399 |