Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle (WEL)
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| Purpose | The purpose of the Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle (WEL) is to help respondents make healthy lifestyle choices based on their responses to each of the five life tasks and subtasks defined in the Wheel of Wellness. The life tasks of spirituality, self-direction, work & leisure, friendship, and love interact with a variety of life forces […] |
| Domain(s) | Goal Pursuit Life Satisfaction Positive Affect Quality of Life Sense of Meaning |
| Target population | Adult |
| Number of items | 131 |
| Administration format | self-report |
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| Availability in other languages | German, Indonesian, Korean, Turkish |
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Available for purchase here: https://www.mindgarden.com/159-wellness-evaluation-of-lifestyle#horizontalTab1 |
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Myers, J. E., Luecht, R. M., & Sweeney, T. J. (2004). The Factor Structure of Wellness: Reexamining Theoretical and Empirical Models Underlying the Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle (WEL) and the Five-Factor Wei. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 36(4), 194–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2004.11909742 Kim, H. S., Song, Y., & Kwon, S.-H. (2016). Validity and reliability of a Korean version of the wellness evaluation of lifestyle (K-WEL). Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society, 27(6), 1609–1619. https://doi.org/10.7465/jkdi.2016.27.6.1609 |
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To understand the theoretical framework of the measure click here: https://www.mindgarden.com/159-wellness-evaluation-of-lifestyle#horizontalTab4 |