The flourishing measure · Free
Sleep, money and time can all improve in a year that still feels empty. These fourteen questions ask about that directly: how often, in the past month, you felt good, functioned well, and felt connected to the people and the world around you. It takes about three minutes.
During the past month, how often did you feel…
About this measure
The questions are the Mental Health Continuum Short Form, developed by the sociologist Corey L. M. Keyes (Keyes, C. L. M., 2009, Brief description of the mental health continuum short form), used with credit under the developer’s published terms. Its three-part structure has held up in validation studies in many countries.
Its authors also sort people into flourishing and languishing. This page leaves those labels out, as the Ledger leaves out every verdict. It is a reflection, not a clinical assessment, and it diagnoses nothing. If you are struggling, talk with a professional where you live. In the United States, call or text 988 in a crisis.
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