Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB) Test
Understand your psychological well-being in about 16 minutes, including purpose, growth, relationships, and self-acceptance. Get clear, structured results that highlight strengths and areas to improve.
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Autonomy (A)
Autonomy (A)
Average
56.3
Normal range
47.5 — 65.1
min.
14
max.
84
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Autonomy (new key) (A(k)
Autonomy (new key) (A(k)
Average
30.8
Normal range
18.7 — 42.9
min.
13
max.
78
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A Human as an Open System (AHaaOS)
A Human as an Open System (AHaaOS)
Average
62.1
Normal range
49.6 — 74.6
min.
14
max.
84
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Meaningfulness of Life (MoL)
Meaningfulness of Life (MoL)
Average
87
Normal range
72.4 — 101.6
min.
22
max.
132
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Balance of Affect (BoA)
Balance of Affect (BoA)
Average
136.9
Normal range
113.2 — 160.5
min.
30
max.
180
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Self-Acceptance (S)
Self-Acceptance (S)
Average
56.9
Normal range
45.2 — 68.5
min.
14
max.
84
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Goals in Life (GiL)
Goals in Life (GiL)
Average
43
Normal range
34.2 — 51.7
min.
14
max.
84
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Personal Growth (PG)
Personal Growth (PG)
Average
36.5
Normal range
25.2 — 47.9
min.
14
max.
84
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Environmental Control (EC)
Environmental Control (EC)
Average
32.6
Normal range
23 — 42.2
min.
14
max.
84
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Positive relationships (Pr)
Positive relationships (Pr)
Average
48.6
Normal range
35.8 — 61.5
min.
14
max.
84
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Psychological Well-being (PW)
Psychological Well-being (PW)
Average
327.9
Normal range
251.3 — 404.6
min.
84
max.
504
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Example Questions From the Test
The statements below concern how you view yourself and your life. For each statement, indicate whether you agree or disagree. Select the response option that best reflects the extent of your agreement or disagreement with each statement.
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
About This Assessment
Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB) Test - Symptoms and Signs
This instrument assesses perceived psychological well-being across multiple domains and is commonly used in clinical and research settings. The Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB) is designed to provide a multidimensional profile of eudaimonic well-being based on self-reported responses.
It contains 84 items and typically requires about 16 minutes to complete. Items sample six theoretically derived domains: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance.
Scores from the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB) can support case formulation, outcome monitoring, and research on quality of life and adaptive functioning by clarifying relative strengths and areas of difficulty across well-being dimensions.
Author: C. D. Ryff
Literature: Diener, E. Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin. 1984.; Ryff, C. D., & Keyes, C. L. M. The structure of psychological well-being revisited. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1995.; Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. The “what” and “why” of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry. 2000.; Ryff, C. D. Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1989.
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