Healthy Lifestyle Profile Test

A 10-minute questionnaire with 52 questions, the Healthy Lifestyle Profile Test explores everyday habits involving nutrition, physical activity, stress management, relationships, health responsibility, and personal growth. Your result shows patterns in health-related habits and identifies areas that may be useful for personal reflection.

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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

Stress ManagementSM

Assesses how well a person recognizes stressors and uses strategies to regulate tension and emotions.

example score28/32

28/32Highexample score

8 – 15Low

16 – 24Moderate

25 – 32High

A score of 28 falls in the High range, indicating strong stress-recognition and emotional regulation skills with generally good stress management.

Interpersonal Relations (IR)IR

Measures how well a person maintains supportive, close relationships through communication skills, friendliness, and emotional stability.

example score18/36

18/36Lowerexample score

9 – 18Lower

19 – 27Moderate

28 – 36Higher

A score of 18 falls in the Lower range, suggesting interpersonal closeness and communication behaviors are less consistently expressed in day-to-day life.

Spiritual Growth (SG)SG

Measures inner/spiritual growth by assessing self-development, use of inner resources, self-realization, and clarity of life goals.

example score23/36

23/36Moderateexample score

9 – 18Low

19 – 27Moderate

28 – 36High

A score of 23 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally present but not consistently strong focus on self-improvement, inner balance, and goal-directed personal growth.

NutritionN

Measures how consistently a person chooses and organizes nutrition habits that support health.

example score23/36

23/36Adequateexample score

9 – 18Needs attention

19 – 27Adequate

28 – 36Strong

A score of 23 falls in the Adequate range, suggesting generally health-supportive nutrition choices with some room for greater consistency or planning.

Physical ActivityPA

Assesses how regularly a person engages in physical activity as part of their routine.

example score19/32

19/32Moderate activityexample score

8 – 15Low activity

16 – 24Moderate activity

25 – 32High activity

A score of 19 falls in the Moderate activity range, suggesting some consistent physical activity but not yet a highly regular routine.

Health ResponsibilityHR

Measures how consistently a person pays attention to their health, values it, and takes responsibility by seeking information and using available resources when needed.

example score23/36

23/36Moderateexample score

9 – 18Low

19 – 27Moderate

28 – 36High

A score of 23 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally responsible attitude toward health with some areas where attention and follow-through may be inconsistent.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Health-conscious self-improvers

41%OF USERS

People who already try to eat well, stay active, and manage stress, and want a clear picture of which habits are strongest and which need work.

Chronic condition managers

34%OF USERS

Individuals living with long-term health issues who want to check how lifestyle factors like activity, nutrition, and stress handling support their treatment goals.

Clinicians and wellness coaches

25%OF USERS

Professionals who use a quick questionnaire to identify a client’s weak lifestyle areas and guide personalized prevention or behavior-change plans.

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

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See How You Compare

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.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Stress Management (SM)

You?

Average15

Typical rangeTypical11.3 – 18.8

Possible8 – 32

Interpersonal Relations (IR)

You?

Average16.4

Typical rangeTypical11.9 – 20.8

Possible9 – 36

Inner/Spiritual Growth (Spiritual Growth / SG)IGG/S

You?

Average26.3

Typical rangeTypical21.6 – 31.1

Possible9 – 36

Nutrition (Nutrition / N)N/N

You?

Average21.7

Typical rangeTypical18.1 – 25.3

Possible9 – 36

Physical Activity (PA)

You?

Average25.4

Typical rangeTypical22.4 – 28.5

Possible8 – 32

Responsibility for Health (Health Responsibility / HR)RfHR/H

You?

Average21.7

Typical rangeTypical16.8 – 26.7

Possible9 – 36

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Below is a series of statements about your current lifestyle or personal habits. Please rate the extent to which each statement applies to you, selecting the response option that best reflects your level of agreement or disagreement. Please note that there are no right or wrong answers.

- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree

These are 3 of the 52 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Healthy Lifestyle Profile Test - Description and methodology of the test

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People who want to compare several aspects of everyday health may find the Healthy Lifestyle Profile Test useful for viewing current routines, relationships, and health decisions in one structured profile. As a multidomain healthy lifestyle assessment, it presents separate areas of everyday functioning rather than a single impression of well-being.

What This Assessment Explores

The questionnaire links habits with attitudes behind eating, movement, rest, stress, relationships, purpose, and health decisions. People reviewing current health-related habits can use the resulting health behavior profile to compare domains and focus attention.

Its six result dimensions are:

Stress Management (8-32) measures stress recognition and tension control: Low 8-15; Moderate 16-24; High 25-32.
Interpersonal Relations (IR) (9-36) measures closeness, communication, and emotional stability: Lower 9-18; Moderate 19-27; Higher 28-36.
Spiritual Growth (SG) (9-36) measures purpose, self-development, and independence: Low 9-18; Moderate 19-27; High 28-36.
Nutrition (9-36) measures food choices and dietary organization: Needs attention 9-18; Adequate 19-27; Strong 28-36.
Physical Activity (8-32) measures exercise frequency and regularity: Low activity 8-15; Moderate activity 16-24; High activity 25-32.
Health Responsibility (9-36) measures health attention, help-seeking, and problem-solving: Low 9-18; Moderate 19-27; High 28-36.

Methodology and Evidence Base

In the representative items, the questionnaire uses four response options, ranging from disagreement to strong or complete agreement. Statements address actions, routines, feelings, and intentions, so answers describe perceived behavior rather than observed performance.

Methodologically, this lifestyle profile questionnaire is conceptually consistent with Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, whose six-domain framework also relates to the development study by Walker, Sechrist, and Pender and psychometric evaluation by Walker and Hill-Polerecky. This relationship does not establish that every online wording, scoring detail, or standardization feature is identical to the published instrument.

The result displays scores for the six named domains, and the listed bands are the categories used by this questionnaire. Reading each band alongside its domain definition keeps the result focused on the behavior or tendency that the relevant scale measures.

Interpretation is strongest when answers are compared with recent routines and circumstances. Memory, social desirability, current mood, and limited self-awareness can affect self-report, so the result is best read as a current snapshot rather than a fixed description.

Author: Carlo C. DiClemente, James O. Prochaska, Nola J. Pender

Literature:

Walker, S. N., Sechrist, K. R., & Pender, N. J. Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing; 1995.
Walker, S. N., & Hill-Polerecky, D. M. Psychometric Evaluation of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Unpublished manuscript. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; 1996.
Walker, S. N., Sechrist, K. R., & Pender, N. J. The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile: Development and Psychometric Characteristics. Nursing Research. 1987;36(2):76-81. 10.1097/00006199-198703000-00002

Updated: 2025-10-02