Protocol - Personal Well-being index - Child
- Disability Due to Mental Health Symptoms
- Disability Index
- Emotional Distress
- General Well-being
- Impairment - Adolescent
- Impairment - Adult
- Physical, Social, and Mental Health Functioning (SF-36V2)
- Psychiatric Symptoms - Frequency
- Quality of Life - Adult
- Quality of Life - Pediatric
- Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction - Adult
- Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction - Children
Description
The Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC) is a self-administered scale that includes seven items of happiness corresponding to seven life domains: standard of living, health, life achievement, personal relationships, personal safety, community connectedness, and future security. Each item is rated on a 0- to 10-scale (0 = Very Sad; 10 = Very Happy). Items can be scored individually to derive a score for the corresponding domain or all the scores for all items can be summed and averaged to form the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI). To create scores that can be compared with one another, the ratings can be converted to a 0- to 100-point scale by shifting the decimal point one place to the right (e.g., a score of 6.5 becomes 65%).
Specific Instructions
None
Availability
Protocol
The test administrator should take respondents verbally over the 11-point happiness scale, indicating the two response anchors of "very sad"/"very happy" and the neutral mid-position of "neither happy nor sad." See following for instructions:
"You will be asked a few questions about how happy you feel, using a scale from zero to 10."
"On this scale, zero means you feel VERY SAD. 10 means you feel VERY HAPPY. And the middle of the scale is 5, which means you feel NOT HAPPY OR SAD."
[Test administrator can hold questionnaire up and point to the respective anchor points upon their mention.]
Personal Wellbeing Index - School Children/Adolescents
[Life Domains]
1. [Domain: Standard of Living]
How happy are you …
about the things you have? Like the money you have and the things you own?
2. [Domain: Personal Health]
How happy are you …
with your health?
3. [Domain: Achievement in Life]
How happy are you …
with the things you want to be good at?
4. [Domain: Personal Relationships]
How happy are you …
about getting on with the people you know?
5. [Domain: Personal Safety]
How happy are you …
about how safe you feel?
6. [Domain: Feeling Part of the Community]
How happy are you …
about doing things away from your home?
7. [Domain: Future Security]
How happy are you …
about what may happen to you later on in your life?
Scoring: Items can be scored individually to derive a score for the corresponding domain or all the scores for all items can be summed and averaged to form the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI). To create scores that can be compared with one another, the ratings can be converted to a 0- to 100-point scale by shifting the decimal point one place to the right (e.g., a score of 6.5 becomes 65%).
Personnel and Training Required
None
Equipment Needs
None
Requirements
| Requirement Category | Required |
|---|---|
| Major equipment | No |
| Specialized training | No |
| Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection | No |
| Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual | No |
Mode of Administration
Self-administered questionnaire
Lifestage
Adolescent
Participants
Adolescents and school-age children
Selection Rationale
The Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) is a short, valid, and reliable self-administered questionnaire with equivalent adolescent and adult versions.
Language
English
Standards
| Standard | Name | ID | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caDSR Form | PhenX PX661302 - Personal Wellbeing Index Child | 6873768 | caDSR Form |
Derived Variables
None
Process and Review
Not applicable.
Protocol Name from Source
Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC)
Source
Cummins, R. A., & Lau, A. L. D. (2005). Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC) (3rd Ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin University.
General References
Cummins, R. A., Eckersley, R., Pallant, J., Van Vugt, J., & Misajon, R. (2003). Developing a national index of subjective wellbeing: The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. Social Indicators Research, 64, 159-190.
Cummins, R. A., & Lau, A. L. D. (2005). Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC) (3rd Ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin University.
Tomyn, A. J., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., & Cummins, R. A. (2013). The Personal Wellbeing Index: Psychometric equivalence for adults and school children. Social Indicators Research, 110(3), 913-924.
Protocol ID
661302
Variables
Export Variables| Variable Name | Variable ID | Variable Description | dbGaP Mapping | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PX661302_Personal_WellBeing_Children_Goals | ||||
| PX661302030000 | How happy are you with the things you want more | N/A | ||
| PX661302_Personal_WellBeing_Children_Health | ||||
| PX661302020000 | How happy are you with your health? | N/A | ||
| PX661302_Personal_WellBeing_Children_Life | ||||
| PX661302070000 | How happy are you about what may happen to more | N/A | ||
| PX661302_Personal_WellBeing_Children_Outside_Home | ||||
| PX661302060000 | How happy are you about doing things away more | N/A | ||
| PX661302_Personal_WellBeing_Children_Possessions | ||||
| PX661302010000 | How happy are you about the things you have? more | N/A | ||
| PX661302_Personal_WellBeing_Children_Relationships | ||||
| PX661302040000 | How happy are you about getting on with the more | N/A | ||
| PX661302_Personal_WellBeing_Children_Safety | ||||
| PX661302050000 | How happy are you about how safe you feel? | N/A | ||
Measure Name
Personal Well-Being
Release Date
January 17, 2017
Definition
A questionnaire to assess happiness and satisfaction with life.
Purpose
This measure can be used to assess the subjective quality of life dimensions (i.e., subjective wellbeing) defined as feelings of happiness or satisfaction about one’s life.
Keywords
early psychosis, Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children, PWI-SC, Personal Wellbeing Index-Adult, PWI-A, happiness, satisfaction, standard of living, health, life achievement, personal relationships, personal safety, community connectedness, future security
Measure Protocols
| Protocol ID | Protocol Name |
|---|---|
| 661301 | Personal Well-being Index - Adult |
| 661302 | Personal Well-being index - Child |
Publications
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