Mental Health Drivers Test

Understand your core mental health skills in just 7 minutes, including emotion regulation, stress recovery, and resilience. Get a clear, actionable snapshot to guide coaching, care planning, or team support.

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Questions: 337 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
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Verified by Daniel Hall

Psychologist with 25 years of experience

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How the Scales are Structured

example score

40/70

Goal Management (GM)

Assesses how effectively a person sets, plans, and follows through on personal and professional goals using self-regulation skills.

Needs Structure

Developing

Strong

10 – 32: Needs Structure | 33 – 49: Developing | 50 – 70: Strong

A score of 40 falls in the Developing range, suggesting generally workable goal-setting and follow-through with room to strengthen planning and consistency.

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26/98

Social Environment Management (SEM)

Measures how effectively a person builds, maintains, and navigates social relationships to support psychological well-being.

Needs strengthening

Developing

Strong

14 – 41: Needs strengthening | 42 – 69: Developing | 70 – 98: Strong

A score of 26 falls in the Needs strengthening range, suggesting limited current skill in actively shaping a supportive social environment and managing interpersonal interactions.

example score

44/63

Time Management (TM)

Assesses how effectively you plan, prioritize, and allocate time to reduce stress and support psychological well-being.

Developing

Adequate

Strong

9 – 27: Developing | 28 – 45: Adequate | 46 – 63: Strong

A score of 44 suggests generally effective time planning and prioritization, with some room to strengthen consistency under higher demands.

example score

180/231

Mental Health Drivers (MHD)

This scale measures the overall strength of skills and strategies that help maintain and strengthen mental well-being.

Developing resources

Adequate resources

Strong resources

33 – 99: Developing resources | 100 – 165: Adequate resources | 166 – 231: Strong resources

A score of 180 falls in the Strong resources range, suggesting well-developed psychological skills for supporting mental health and resilience.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Therapy and coaching clients

41%OF USERS

People already working on their mental health who want a quick snapshot of emotion regulation, stress recovery, and what to focus on next.

Stressed professionals and students

35%OF USERS

Individuals under ongoing pressure who want to understand their resilience skills and which habits could stabilize their day-to-day well-being.

HR and team leads

24%OF USERS

Managers and people specialists using a short check-in to spot which psychological skills to strengthen across a team or role group.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Goal Management (GM)

Average

46.6

Normal range

38.6 — 54.6

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Managing Your Social Environment (MYSE)

Average

72.6

Normal range

59.6 — 85.7

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Time Management (TM)

Average

27.8

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18.8 — 36.7

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Drivers of Mental Health (DoMH)

Average

176.6

Normal range

139.6 — 213.6

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231

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

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- Neither agree nor disagree
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- Agree
- Completely agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Disagree somewhat
- Neither agree nor disagree
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- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree

These are 3 of the 33 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Mental Health Drivers Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This questionnaire is designed to support a structured appraisal of psychological skills and resources relevant to maintaining well-being. Mental Health Drivers is intended to characterize specific, potentially modifiable contributors to resilience and day-to-day functioning rather than focusing solely on symptom severity. It is attributed to Corey L. M. Keyes and George E. Vaillant.

The measure consists of 33 items and typically takes about 7 minutes to complete. Content areas commonly include emotion regulation, stress recovery, maintenance of internal balance, and use of adaptive coping skills. Mental Health Drivers may be used in clinical or organizational settings to inform discussion of strengths and targets for skill-building, and results should be interpreted in the context of history, current stressors, and other assessment data.

Author: Corey L. M. Keyes, George E. Vaillant

Literature: Keyes, C. L. M. Mental illness and/or mental health? Investigating axioms of the complete state model of health. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2005.