Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being.
PWB / SPWB
Eudaimonic psychological well-being across 6 dimensions: Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relations with Others, Purpose in Life, Self-Acceptance.
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- 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
- 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.
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