The General Well-being Schedule

Below are questions regarding how you have been feeling and how things have been going for you over the past month. Please mark Select the answer that best applies to you.

1. How have you been feeling in general? *

2. Have you been bothered by nervousness or your “nerves”? *

3. Have you been in ﬁrm control of your behavior, thoughts, emotions, or feelings? *

4. Have you ever felt so sad, discouraged, hopeless, or had so many problems that you wondered if anything was worthwhile? *

5. Have you been under or felt you were under any strain, stress, or pressure? *

6. How happy, satisﬁed, or pleased have you been with your personal life? *

7. Have you had any reason to wonder if you were losing your mind, or losing control over the way you act, talk, think, feel, or of you memory? *

8. Have you been anxious, worried, or upset? *

9. Have you been waking up fresh and rested? *

10. Have you been bothered by any illness, bodily disorder, pains, or fears about your health? *

11. Has your daily life been full of things that were interesting to you? *

12. Have you felt downhearted and blue? *

13. Have you been feeling emotionally stable and sure of yourself? *

14. Have you felt tired, worn out, used up, or exhausted? *

For the last four questions below, note that the words at each end of the 0 to 10 scale describe the opposite feelings. Circle any number that seems closest to how you have generally felt.

15. How concerned or worried about your health have you been? *

16. How relaxed or tense have you been? *

17. How much energy, pep, and vitality have you felt? *

18. How depressed or cheerful have you been? *

Scoring

Items 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16 are reverse-scored. Because these items are reverse-scored, 14 is subtracted from the total score to give a range of 0-110. There are threeproposed cut-points: a total score of 0-60 reﬂects “severe distress,” 61-72 “moderatedistress,” and 73-110 “positive well-being”.

Six sub-scores can be derived.

Anxiety

2. Nervousness

5. Strain, stress, or pressure

8. Anxious, worried, upset

16. Relaxed, tense

Depression

4. Sad, discouraged, hopeless

12. Down-hearted, blue

18. Depressed

Positive well-being

1. Feeling in general

6. Happy, satisﬁed with life

11. Interesting daily life

Self-control

3. Firm control of behavior, emotions

7. Afraid, losing mind, or losing control

13. Emotionally stable, sure of self

VItality

9. Walking fresh, rested

14. Feeling tired, worn out

17. Energy level

General health

10. Bothered by illness

15. Concerned, worried about health