PERMA-P is a free to use PERMA measurment tool; it can help you quanitfy your psychological wellbeing. It is for noncommercial research or assessment purposes only and is based on Butler, J., & Kern, M. L. (2015). The PERMA-Profiler: A brief multidimensional measure of flourishing. Available from peggykern.org.
The quiz has 23 questions and should take no longer than 10 minutes. Your answers are confidential, they are never sent to, or stored on, our server. Your previous results are stored only in your browser and are never sent anywhere, you can clear them by pressing the 'clear previous scores' button, or by clearing your browser history.
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Compare results to global averages?
How much of the time do you feel you are making progress towards accomplishing your goals? 5
How often do you become absorbed in what you are doing? 5
In general, how often do you feel joyful? 5
In general, how often do you feel anxious? 5
How often do you achieve the important goals you have set for yourself? 5
In general, how would you say your health is? 5
In general, to what extent do you lead a purposeful and meaningful life? 5
To what extent do you receive help and support from others when you need it? 5
In general, to what extent do you feel that what you do in your life is valuable and worthwhile? 5
In general, to what extent do you feel excited and interested in things? 5
How lonely do you feel in your daily life? 5
How satisfied are you with your current physical health? 5
In general, how often do you feel positive? 5
In general, how often do you feel angry? 5
How often are you able to handle your responsibilities? 5
In general, how often do you feel sad? 5
How often do you lose track of time while doing something you enjoy? 5
Compared to others of your same age and sex, how is your health? 5
To what extent do you feel loved? 5
To what extent do you generally feel you have a sense of direction in your life? 5
How satisfied are you with your personal relationships? 5
In general, to what extent do you feel contented? 5
Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are? 5
"In his 2011 book Flourish, Dr. Martin Seligman, distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the founders of the field of positive psychology, defined 5 pillars of wellbeing: PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment). The PERMA-Profiler measures these five pillars, along with negative emotion and health." (Butler & Kern, 2015)
Key: blue = your results, teal = averages (n=13,026, no average available for loneliness).
Positive Emotion:
Engagement:
Relationships:
Meaning:
Accomplishment:
Health:
Negative Emotions*:
Loneliness*:
*Lower is better.
Overall Wellbeing:
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"Emotions are an important part of our well-being. Emotions can range from very negative to very positive, and range from high arousal (e.g., excitement, explosive) to low arousal (e.g., calm, relaxed, sad). For Positive emotion, the PERMA-Profiler measures general tendencies toward feeling contentment and joy. For Negative emotion, the Profiler measures tendencies toward feeling, sad, anxious, and angry." (Butler & Kern, 2015)
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"Engagement refers to being absorbed, interested, and involved in an activity or the world itself. Very high levels of engagement are known as a state called “flow”, in which you are so completely absorbed in an activity that you lose all sense of time." (Butler & Kern, 2015)
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"Relationships refer to feeling loved, supported, and valued by others. Having positive relationships with others is an important part of life feeling good and going well. Other people matter!" (Butler & Kern, 2015)
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"Meaning refers to having a sense of purpose in life, a direction where life is going, feeling that life is valuable and worth living, or connecting to something greater than ourselves, such as religious faith, a charity or a personally meaningful goal. Meaning provides a sense that life matters." (Butler & Kern, 2015)
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"Accomplishment can be objective, marked by honors and awards received, but feelings of mastery and achievement is also important. The Profiler measures subjective feelings of accomplishment and staying on top of daily responsibilities. It involves working toward and reaching goals, and feeling able to complete tasks and daily responsibilities." (Butler & Kern, 2015)
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"Although not part of the PERMA model itself, physical health and vitality is another important part of well-being. The Profiler measures a subjective sense of health – feeling good and healthy each day." (Butler & Kern, 2015)
The PERMA-Profiler was created by Butler and Kern, and can be found in Butler, J., & Kern, M. L. (2015). The PERMA-Profiler: A brief multidimensional measure of flourishing. Available from peggykern.org.