Are You Flourishing?
A Quick Wellbeing Check
Joplin’s own Mark Liston, PhD, professional counselor with JoMo Counseling and educational psychologist, worked with award-winning psychologist Ed Diener, PhD, to develop a valid scale to assess our well-being. The Flourishing Now Scale (© 2012 Mark Liston) is used in over 30 states and 8 other countries. Why so popular? First, it’s short with only eight questions. Second, in 2 minutes, you can get a snapshot of your well-being.
Here is how one person scored:
Put a check in the answer box to the right that fits you | Nothing like me | Not much like me | Like me | Very much like me | More like me than anyone I know |
1. My life has a meaningful purpose. | X | ||||
2. My friends are encouraging. | X | ||||
3. I lead an active, interesting life. | X | ||||
4. I help others have better, happier lives. | X | ||||
5. When doing something important to me, I do it well. | X | ||||
6. People who know me best would say I’m a good person with a good life. | X | ||||
7. I think my future looks great. | X | ||||
8. People respect me. | X | ||||
Score Total: 2 + 9 + 12 + 5 = 28 | _____ x 1 = 0 | __1__ x 2 = 2 | __3__ x 3 = 9 | __3__ x 4 = 12 | __1__ x 5 = 5 |
How you are flourishing? Why not take the FNS? Two options:
- Copy and paste this link into your browser and you will be emailed the results: https://umsl.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7QizFy6NbPzkcSN
- Highlight and print the Flourishing Now Scale below. Fill it out, total your score, and compare it to the scoring chart below.
Youth Flourishing Scale
© 2012 Mark Liston
Put a check in the answer box to the right that fits you | Nothing like me | Not much like me | Like me | Very much like me | More like me than anyone I know |
1. My life has a meaningful purpose. | |||||
2. My friends are encouraging. | |||||
3. I lead an active, interesting life. | |||||
4. I help others have better, happier lives. | |||||
5. When doing something important to me, I do it well. | |||||
6. People who know me best would say I’m a good person with a good life. | |||||
7. I think my future looks great. | |||||
8. People respect me. | |||||
Score Total: | _____ x 1 = | _____ x 2 = | _____ x 3 = | _____ x 4 = | _____ x 5 = |
Scoring chart:
Score Range | 8-15 | 16-23 | 24-30 | 31-35 | 36-40 |
Level of Flourishing | Be better to yourself | Doing OK | Flourishing | Flourishing greatly | Overly optimistic |
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