Please use this list of common human traits to describe yourself as accurately as possible. Describe yourself as you see yourself at the present time, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you are typically, as compared with other persons you know of the same gender and roughly the same age. Please circle or underline only one number along each line that best represents how you’re feeling at the present time.
VERY
MODERATELY
NEITHER
MODERATELY
VERY
angry
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
calm
nervous
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
at ease
discounted
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
contented
insecure
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
secure
unstable
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
stable
shy
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
self-confident
meek
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
self-assured
joyless
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
joyful
unenthusiastic
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
enthusiastic
unhappy
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
happy
Scoring Key
Add the scores for 1 to 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 and then 10.
This gives 4 subscales
____1. Emotional Stability (1-5)
____2. Self-Confidence (6-7)
____3. Joyfulness (8-9)
____4. Happiness (10)
Add up the scores for al 10 numbers i.e., 1-10 to get the
____5. Total Well-Being Score.
Copyright 2021. Philip H. Friedman, Ph.D Foundation for Well-Being adapted from the Friedman Well-Being Scale-long form, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Foundation for Well-Being: 1992 and Mind Garden, 1992. Menlo Park, Ca. For the Professional Manual and the long form (20 items) contact Mind Garden or the Foundation for Well-Being.
Permission is granted to use the scales free of charge for all non-commercial use provided that they are reproduced exactly as written here, without changing any words and without leaving out any subscales or questions. If used in a foreign language the translation needs to be approved by the author, Philip H. Friedman, Ph.D or if he is not available the Foundation for Well-Being. Please feel free to use them for research and clinical/psychotherapy situations.
Key Reference:
Friedman, P. (2021) Digital Assessment and Tracking, Life Balance, Emotional Stability, Well- Being, Spiritual Awakening, Anxiety and Depression: A Practice-Based Evidence Approach to Change in Psychotherapy International Journal of Healing and Caring (IJHC) August, 2021 Volume 21, No. 2, 6-34
Means (1): Total Well-Being Emot. Stability Self-Confidence Joyful Happiness
64.3 30.7 12.2 13.9 7.5
(1) These numbers are approximate as the short form of the scale is very new.
The following graph of change over time is taken from the journal article: “Friedman P. (2021) Digital Assessment and Tracking, Life Balance, Emotional Stability, Well- Being, Spiritual Awakening, Anxiety and Depression: A Practice-Based Evidence Approach to Change in Psychotherapy International Journal of Healing and Caring (IJHC) August, 2021 Volume 21, No. 2, 6‘”
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