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Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)

How satisfied you are with your life as a whole. Five items, one minute.

5 items · About 1 min

How to answerBelow are five statements that you may agree or disagree with. Indicate your agreement with each item. Please be open and honest in your responding.

  1. In most ways my life is close to my ideal.
  2. The conditions of my life are excellent.
  3. I am satisfied with my life.
  4. So far I have gotten the important things I want in life.
  5. If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing.
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About this scale

The SWLS measures how you judge your life as a whole, not your mood on a given day. Scores move as life changes, and low scores are common after a major upheaval. It is a guide for reflection, not a diagnosis.

SourceDiener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The Satisfaction With Life Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49(1), 71–75. Score bands from Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (1993). Review of the Satisfaction With Life Scale. Psychological Assessment, 5(2), 164–172. Free to use without permission or charge by all professionals, with credit to the authors.