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40-Item Well-Being Measure

Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University 40-Item Well-Being Measure. The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard partnered with Aetna Inc. on the development of a well-being assessment across the following six domains: emotional health, physical health, purpose, character strengths, social connectedness, and financial security. This 40-item assessment is available here and documented in the paper:

The background and motivation for these items and can be found in: 

Lee, M.T., Bialowolski, P., Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Mooney, K.D., Lerner, P.J., McNeely, E. & VanderWeele T.J. (2020) Self-assessed importance of domains of flourishing: Demographics and correlations with well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1716050 

VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). On the promotion of human flourishing. PNAS, 31:8148-8156.

 

Please respond to the following questions on a scale from 0 to 10: 

Emotional Health

1. Overall, how satisfied are you with life as a whole these days?
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0 = Not Satisfied at All, 10 = Completely Satisfied

2. On average, how happy have you felt during the last 7 days?
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0 = Extremely Unhappy, 10 = Extremely Happy

2. On average, how happy have you felt during the last 7 days?
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  0 = Extremely Unhappy, 10 = Extremely Happy

3. I expect more good things in my life than bad.
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    0=Strongly Disagree, 10=Strongly Agree

4. How would you rate your overall mental health?
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0 = Poor, 10 = Excellent

5. Are you depressed?
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0=Not at all Depressed, 10=Very Depressed (r)

6. Do you have anxiety that keeps you from doing the things in life that you need to do?
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0=Never, 10=Always (r)

7. In stressful situations, I manage my emotions so that I am still in control of myself.
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0=Strongly Disagree, 10=Strongly Agree

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