Keyes, C. L. M. (1998). Social well-being. Social psychology quarterly, 121-140.
33-items (6 pt.)
- Social Integration Factor
1. You don't feel you belong to anything you would call a community. ⓡ
2. You feel like you are an important part of your community.
3. If you had something to say, you believe people in your community would listen to you.
4. You feel close to other people in your community.
5. You see your community as a source of comfort.
6. If you had something to say, you don't think your community would take you seriously. ⓡ
7. You believe other people in society value you as a person.
- Social Acceptance Factor
8. You think that other people are unreliable. ⓡ
9. You believe that people are kind.
10. You believe that people are self-centered. ⓡ
11. You feel that people are not trustworthy. ⓡ
12. You think that people live only for themselves. ⓡ
13. You believe that people are more and more dishonest these days. ⓡ
14. You think that people care about other people's problems.
- Social Contribution Factor
15. Your behavior has some impact on other people in your community.
16. You think you have something valuable to give to the world.
17. Your daily activities do not produce anything worthwhile for your community. ⓡ
18. You don't have the time or energy to give anything to your community. ⓡ
19. You think that your work provides an important product for society.
20. You feel you have nothing important to contribute to society ⓡ
- Social Actualization Factor
21. You believe that society has stopped making progress. ⓡ
22. Society is not improving for people like you. ⓡ
23. You don't think social institutions like law and government make your life better. ⓡ
24. You see society as continually evolving.
25. You think our society is a productive place for people to live in.
26. For you there is no such thing as social progress. ⓡ
27. You think the world is becoming a better place for everyone.
- Social Coherence Factor
28. The world is too complex for you. ⓡ
29. Scientists are the only people who can understand how the world works. ⓡ
30. You cannot make sense of what is going on in the world. ⓡ
31. Most cultures are so strange that you cannot understand them. ⓡ
32. You think it is worthwhile to understand the world you live in.
33. You find it hard to predict what will happen next in society. ⓡ
(Short-Form)
15-items (6 pt.)
- Social Integration Factor
1. I don't feel I belong to anything I would call a community. ⓡ
2. I feel close to other people in my community.
3. My community is a source of comfort.
- Social Acceptance Factor
4. Your behavior has some impact on other people in your community.
5. You think you have something valuable to give to the world.
6. Your daily activities do not produce anything worthwhile for your community. ⓡ
- Social Contribution Factor
7. I have something valuable to give to the world.
8. My daily activities do not produce anything worthwhile for my community. ⓡ
9. I have nothing important to contribute to society. ⓡ
- Social Actualization Factor
10. The world is becoming a better place for everyone.
11. Society has stopped making progress. ⓡ
12. Society is not improving for people like me. ⓡ
- Social Coherence Factor
13. The world is too complex for me. ⓡ
14. I cannot make sense of what is going on in the world. ⓡ
15. I find it easy to predict what will happen next in society.