Healthy Lifestyle Profile Test

Understand how well your habits support a healthy lifestyle in about 10 minutes. Get clear insight across nutrition, activity, stress, relationships, and inner balance to target your next steps.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

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28/32

Stress Management (SM)

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

Low

Moderate

High

8 – 15: Low | 16 – 24: Moderate | 25 – 32: High

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

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18/36

Interpersonal Relations (IR) (IR)

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

Lower

Moderate

Higher

9 – 18: Lower | 19 – 27: Moderate | 28 – 36: Higher

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

example score

23/36

Spiritual Growth (SG) (SG)

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

Low

Moderate

High

9 – 18: Low | 19 – 27: Moderate | 28 – 36: High

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.

example score

23/36

Nutrition (N)

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

Needs attention

Adequate

Strong

9 – 18: Needs attention | 19 – 27: Adequate | 28 – 36: Strong

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

example score

19/32

Physical Activity (PA)

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

Low activity

Moderate activity

High activity

8 – 15: Low activity | 16 – 24: Moderate activity | 25 – 32: High activity

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

example score

23/36

Health Responsibility (HR)

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

Low

Moderate

High

9 – 18: Low | 19 – 27: Moderate | 28 – 36: High

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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Stress Management (SM) (SM()

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11.3 — 18.8

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Interpersonal Relations (IR) (IR()

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16.4

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11.9 — 20.8

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Inner/Spiritual Growth (Spiritual Growth / SG) (IG(G/S)

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26.3

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21.6 — 31.1

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Nutrition (Nutrition / N) (N(/N)

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21.7

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18.1 — 25.3

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Physical Activity (PA) (PA()

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25.4

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22.4 — 28.5

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Responsibility for Health (Health Responsibility / HR) (RfH(R/H)

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21.7

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16.8 — 26.7

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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.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Healthy Lifestyle Profile Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This questionnaire is designed to assess health-promoting behaviors across multiple domains of everyday functioning. The Healthy Lifestyle Profile provides a structured self-report overview of lifestyle practices relevant to health maintenance and prevention. It is commonly used in clinical, counseling, and research settings to support screening and treatment planning.

The measure includes 52 items and typically takes about 10 minutes to complete. Items sample behaviors related to nutrition, physical activity, stress management, health responsibility, interpersonal relationships, and spiritual growth or inner balance. Results from the Healthy Lifestyle Profile can be used to identify relative strengths and areas for intervention, monitor change over time, and inform collaborative goal setting. The scale is attributed to Nola J. Pender.

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

Literature: Walker, S. N., Sechrist, K. R., & Pender, N. J. The health-promoting lifestyle profile: Development and psychometric characteristics. Nursing Research. 1987.