Number of items: 42
Answer Format: 1 = strongly agree; 2 = somewhat agree; 3 = a little agree; 4 = neither agree or disagree; 5 = a little disagree; 6 = somewhat disagree; 7 = strongly disagree.
Scoring:
The Autonomy subscale items are
Q1 (__) R, Q13 (__)R, Q24 (__), Q35 (__)R, Q41 (__), Q10 (__), and Q21 (__)R.
Total of all: ____/53
The Environmental Mastery subscale items are:
Q3 (__)R, Q15 (__), Q26 (__), Q36 (__)R, Q42 (__), Q12 (__), and Q23 (__)R
Total of all: ____ /51
The Personal Growth subscale items are
Q5 (__), Q17 (__), Q28 (__), Q37 (__), Q2 (__)R, Q14 (__), and Q25 (__).
Total of all: ____/50
The Positive Relations with Others subscale items are
Q7 (__)
R, Q18 (__), Q30 (__), Q38 (__), Q4 (__)R
, Q16 (__), and Q27 (__)R.
Total of all: ____/52
The Purpose in Life subscale items are
Q9 (__), Q20 (__)R, Q32 (__), Q39 (__), Q6 (__)R, Q29 (__)R, and Q33 (__).
Total of all: ____/51
The Self-Acceptance subscale items are
Q11 (__)R, Q22 (__)R, Q34 (__), Q40 (__)R, Q8 (__), Q19 (__)_, and Q31 (__)R.
Total of all: ___/53
Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q6, Q7, Q11, Q13, Q17, Q20, Q21, Q22, Q23, Q27, Q29, Q31, Q35, Q36, Q37, Q38, and Q40 should be reverse-scored. Reverse-scored items are worded in the opposite direction of what the scale is measuring. The formula for reverse-scoring an item is:
((Number of scale points) + 1) - (Respondent’s answer)
For example, Q7 is a 7-point scale. If a respondent answered 3 on Q7, you would re-code their answer as: (7 + 1) - 3 = 5.
In other words, you would enter a 5 for this respondents’ answer to Q7.
To calculate subscale scores for each participant, sum respondents’ answers to each subscale’s items.
Sources:
Ryff, C., Almeida, D. M., Ayanian, J. S., Carr, D. S., Cleary, P. D., Coe, C., … Williams, D. (2010). National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II), 2004-2006: Documentation of psychosocial constructs and composite variables in MIDUS II Project 1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.
Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57(6), 1069-1081.