Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being.

PWB / SPWB

What it measures

Eudaimonic psychological well-being across 6 dimensions: Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relations with Others, Purpose in Life, Self-Acceptance.

Length and format

84 (long); 54 (medium); 42; 18 (short, 3 items/dimension); a 14-item per-scale research version also exists. 6-pt Likert (1 strongly disagree - 6 strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated/validated in 30+ languages incl. ES, FR, DE, IT, SV, ZH, JA, KO, PT, FA and many more

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57(6), 1069-1081.