About the Personal Wellbeing Index
The Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) scale is a measure that contains seven items of satisfaction, each one corresponding to a quality of life domain:
- Standard of living
- Health
- Achieving in life
- Relationships
- Safety
- Community-connectedness
- Future security
These seven domains represent the first level of deconstruction of the global question:
“How satisfied are you with your life as a whole?”
The PWI has been adapted and validated with adults, young people aged 12+ years, and persons with an intellectual or cognitive disability.
The International Wellbeing Group is working toward developing the PWI into a valid cross-cultural instrument. At the time of constructing the PWI 6th edition, the 700 members of the Australian Centre on Quality of Life, representing over 50 countries and provinces, were engaged in this international collaboration.
Personal Wellbeing Index - Adult (PWI-A)
Manuals and translated manuals
Scale translations
Personal Wellbeing Index - Intellectual Disability (PWI-ID)
Personal Wellbeing Index – School Children (PWI-SC)
Manuals and translated manuals