Psychologically Rich Life Questionnaire.
PRLQ
Psychological richness as a third dimension of the good life alongside happiness and meaning: a life full of varied, interesting and perspective-changing experiences.
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 17 (a 12-item short version is also validated). 7-pt Likert (1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Spanish validation published in a general-population sample; Korean, Japanese, German, Portuguese and Indian versions used in the original cross-national work - 10+ langs approx
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Oishi, S., Choi, H., Buttrick, N., et al. (2019). The psychologically rich life questionnaire. Journal of Research in Personality, 81, 257-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.06.010
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