Assessments for the positive side of health and well-being, including satisfaction with life and resilience. These are positive psychology measures.
Work-related measures, such as job satisfaction, are in our companion site.
Happiness and Satisfaction
- Family Quality of Life Scale (FQOL). By Hoffman et al., 2006.
- In-patient satisfaction. By Gonzalez et al., 2005.
- Life satisfaction–single item. Wanberg et al. 2020, Journal of Applied Psychology.
- Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons, MSQFOP. By Haynes et al. 1992.
- Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, PSQ. From Rand Health Care. Measures satisfaction with medical care.
- Satisfaction with Life Scale, SWLS. Ed Diener’s website has versions in more than two dozen languages.
- Subjective Happiness Scale. By Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999.
Positive Emotions
- General Affective Well-Being Scale, GAWS. Spector, 2021.
- PANAS-X Manual by Watson & Clark. Measures both positive and negative emotions. Can be used for state or trait emotions. Expanded version of the original PANAS that can be found here.
Optimism, Resilience, and Thriving
- Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving, CIT. Su, Tay, & DIener 2014, Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. Can be found on Ed Diener’s website.
- Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, CD-RISC. By Connor & Davidson, 2003.
- Life Orientation Test-Revised, LOT.-R Test of dispositional optimism. By Scheier et al. 1994. Revisioin of original by Scheier & Carver, 1992.
- Optimism/Pessimism Instrument, OPI. By Dember et al., 1989.
- Resilience Scale, RS. By Wagnild & Young, 1993.
Self-Concept
- General Self-Efficacy Scale, GSE. By Jerusalem and Schwarzer, 1981. Available in 32 languages.
- Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale RSES. More information about its use are here.