Applied Psychology Scales

67 validated scales · 63 free to use

Scales from positive, organisational and educational psychology. The domain includes the Satisfaction with Life Scale, Psychological Well-Being Scales, Life Orientation Test-Revised, Dispositional Hope Scale and Psychological Capital Questionnaire, along with workplace measures such as the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Perceived Organisational Support, Organisational Justice, Organisational Commitment and Leader-Member Exchange. It also covers flourishing, meaning and purpose, intrinsic motivation and self-determination, burnout, turnover intention, organisational citizenship, and exercise and physical activity. These scales suit research on employee experience, frontline service staff, student outcomes and wellbeing.

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All Applied Psychology scales (A–Z)

A

• Academic Buoyancy Scale (ABS)Martin, A.J. & Marsh, H.W. · 2008 · 4 items · α 0.80–0.88
• Academic Locus of Control Scale (ALC)Trice, A.D. · 1985 · 28 items · α 0.81–0.85
• Academic Motivation Scale (AMS-C28)Vallerand, R.J., Pelletier, L.G., Blais, M.R., Brière, N.M., et al. · 1992 · 28 items · α 0.62–0.83
• Academic Procrastination Scale (APS-Proc)Lay, C.H. · 1986 · 20 items · α 0.82–0.90
• Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES)Bandura, A. · 1997 · 7 items · α 0.87–0.93
• Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ)Raedeke, T.D. & Smith, A.L. · 2001 · 15 items · α 0.78–0.88
• Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS)Brewer, B.W., Van Raalte, J.L., & Linder, D.E. · 1993 · 10 items · α 0.80–0.93

B

• Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS)Gagné, M. · 2003 · 21 items · α 0.77–0.87
• Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-3)Wilson, P.M., Rodgers, W.M., Loitz, C.C., & Scime, G. · 2006 · 24 items · α 0.71–0.90

C

• Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2 (CSAI-2)Martens, R., Burton, D., Vealey, R.S., Bump, L.A., & Smith, D.E. · 1990 · 27 items · α 0.79–0.90

D

• Dispositional Hope Scale (DHS)Snyder, C.R., Harris, C., Anderson, J.R., Holleran, S.A., Irving, et al. · 1991 · 12 items · α 0.74–0.84

E

• Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES)Bandura, A. · 1997 · 8 items · α 0.88–0.94

F

• Flourishing Scale (FS)Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D., Oishi, et al. · 2010 · 8 items · α 0.87–0.93
• Flow State Scale–2 (FSS-2)Jackson, S.A. & Eklund, R.C. · 2002 · 36 items · α 0.80–0.91

G

• Gratitude Questionnaire – 6 (GQ-6)McCullough, M.E., Emmons, R.A., & Tsang, J.A. · 2002 · 6 items · α 0.82–0.87

H

• Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS)Thompson, L.Y., Snyder, C.R., Hoffman, L., Michael, S.T., et al. · 2005 · 18 items · α 0.84–0.90

I

• Imagery Vividness (Multiple Senses — QMI) (IMVIVQMI)Sheehan, P. W. · 1967 · 32 items · α .92
• Imagery Vividness (Visual — VVIQ) (IMVIVVVIQ)Marks, D. F. · 1973 · 16 items · α .85

J

• Job InsecurityHita, M. L. R., Grégoire, Y., Lussier, B., Boissonneault, S., et al. · 2023 · 4 items · α 0.90–0.92 (range across six measurement waves)

L

• Leader-Member Exchange Scale (LMX-7)Graen, G.B. & Uhl-Bien, M. · 1995 · 7 items · α 0.84–0.90
• Life Orientation Test – Revised (LOT-R)Scheier, M.F., Carver, C.S., & Bridges, M.W. · 1994 · 10 items · α 0.67–0.77

M

• Maslach Burnout Inventory – Student Survey (MBI-SS)Schaufeli, W.B., Leiter, M.P., & Maslach, C. · 2009 · 15 items · α 0.73–0.87
• Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ)Steger, M.F., Frazier, P., Oishi, S., & Kaler, M. · 2006 · 10 items · α 0.82–0.90
• Memory EfficacyTouré-Tillery, M., & Kouchaki, M. · 2021 · 4 items · α 0.88-0.94
• Mental Health Continuum – Short Form (MHC-SF)Keyes, C.L.M. · 2002 · 14 items · α 0.74–0.89
• Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ48)Clough, P., Earle, K., & Sewell, D. · 2002 · 48 items · α 0.82–0.90
• Mindful Self-Compassion Scale (MSCS-12)Neff, K.D. & Germer, C. · 2013 · 12 items · α 0.86–0.90

O

• Organisational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ)Mowday, R.T., Steers, R.M. & Porter, L.W. · 1979 · 15 items · α 0.87–0.92
• Organisational Justice Scale (OJS)Colquitt, J.A. · 2001 · 20 items · α 0.72–0.92

P

• Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire-2 (PMCSQ-2)Newton, M.L., Duda, J.L. & Yin, Z. · 2000 · 33 items · α 0.78–0.93
• Perceived Organisational Support Scale (POS)Eisenberger, R., Huntington, R., Hutchison, S. & Sowa, D. · 1986 · 8 items · α 0.90–0.95
• Perceived Supervisor Support Scale (PSS)Eisenberger, R., Stinglhamber, F., Vandenberghe, C., Sucharski, et al. · 2002 · 8 items · α 0.90–0.95
• PERMA-Profiler (PERMA-P)Butler, J. & Kern, M.L. · 2016 · 23 items · α 0.73–0.89
• Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES)Kendzierski, D. & DeCarlo, K.J. · 1991 · 18 items · α 0.93–0.97
• Pleasure-Based Prosocial Motivation Scale (PBPM)Thu, N.N.Q., Kadirov, D., Fam, K-S., & Tho, N.D. · 2023 · 4 items · α CR = .82; AVE = .54
• Positive Experiences at Work Scale (PAWS)Warr, P. & Clapperton, G. · 2010 · 12 items · α 0.78–0.86
• Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-scale)Lukat, J., Margraf, J., Lutz, R., van der Veld, W.M., & Becker, E.S. · 2016 · 9 items · α 0.91–0.93
• Pressure-Based Prosocial Motivation Scale (PRPM)Thu, N.N.Q., Kadirov, D., Fam, K-S., & Tho, N.D. · 2023 · 3 items · α CR = .81; AVE = .60
• Proactive Personality Scale (PPS-Proactive)Bateman, T.S. & Crant, J.M. · 1993 · 17 items · α 0.84–0.89
• ProsperityJami, A., Kouchaki, M., & Gino, F. · 2021 · 4 items · α 0.88
• Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24)Luthans, F., Youssef, C.M., & Avolio, B.J. · 2007 · 24 items · α 0.89–0.93
• Psychological Ownership of Borrowed MoneySharma, E., Tully, S., & Cryder, C. · 2021 · 5 items · α 0.79-0.86
• Psychological Safety Scale (PSS-Team)Edmondson, A. · 1999 · 7 items · α 0.81–0.89
• Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWB)Ryff, C.D. · 1989 · 18 items · α .33–.82 (short form)

R

• Resource Demands of the TaskJin, H.S., Kim, H.J., Suh, J., Sheehan, B., & Meeds, R. · 2021 · 3 items · α 0.81

S

• Salience of the Stock Price’s Visual TransitionsKim, J., & Lakshmanan, A. · 2021 · 5 items · α 0.83-0.85
• Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)Diener, E., Emmons, R.A., Larsen, R.J., & Griffin, S. · 1985 · 5 items · α 0.82–0.92
• School Engagement Measure (SEM)Fredricks, J.A., Blumenfeld, P., Friedel, J., & Paris, A. · 2005 · 19 items · α 0.76–0.86
• Self-Compassion Scale – Short Form (SCS-SF)Raes, F., Pommier, E., Neff, K.D., & Van Gucht, D. · 2011 · 12 items · α 0.86–0.90
• Sense of Positive Interpersonal Impact (SPII)Hanson, S., & Yuan, H. · 2018 · 6 items · α .98
• Situational Stimulation Preference (SSP)Roehm, H. A., Jr., & Roehm, M. L. · 2005 · 3 items · α .81
• Sport Motivation Scale–6 (SMS-6)Mallett, C., Kawabata, M., Newcombe, P., Otero-Forero, A., & et al. · 2007 · 24 items · α 0.72–0.88
• Sport Orientation Questionnaire (SOQ)Gill, D.L. & Deeter, T.E. · 1988 · 25 items · α 0.80–0.94
• Student Academic Support Scale (SASS)Karabenick, S.A. · 2004 · 12 items · α 0.82–0.90
• Student Approaches to Learning Scale (SAL / R-SPQ-2F)Biggs, J., Kember, D., & Leung, D.Y.P. · 2001 · 20 items · α 0.73–0.80
• Student Satisfaction with Teaching Scale (SSTS)Marsh, H.W. · 1982 · 9 items · α 0.74–0.89
• Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)Lyubomirsky, S. & Lepper, H.S. · 1999 · 4 items · α 0.79–0.94

T

• Task-Specific Self-Efficacy (TSSE)Meuter, M. L., Bitner, M. J., Ostrom, A. L., & Brown, S. W. · 2005 · 5 items · α .94
• Teacher-Student Relationship Scale (TSRS)Pianta, R.C. · 2001 · 15 items · α 0.77–0.86
• Temporal Future Focus Scale (TFF)Thu, N.N.Q., Kadirov, D., Fam, K-S., & Tho, N.D. · 2023 · 4 items · α CR = .81; AVE = .51
• Tourist Wellbeing Scale (TWS)De Bloom, J., Geurts, S.A.E., Sonnentag, S., Taris, T., de Weerth, et al. · 2011 · 12 items · α 0.81–0.91
• Transformative Quality Scale (TRFQ)Gill, S.K., Dhir, A., Singh, G. and Vrontis, D. · 2022 · 27 items · α Composite reliability 0.76-0.96 across dimensions (see notes; no Cronbach's alpha was reported by the authors)

U

• Usage Role Clarity (URC)Meuter, M. L., Bitner, M. J., Ostrom, A. L., & Brown, S. W. · 2005 · 5 items · α .96
• Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9)Schaufeli, W.B., Bakker, A.B., & Salanova, M. · 2006 · 9 items · α 0.85–0.92
• Utrecht Work Engagement Scale – Student Version (UWES-S)Schaufeli, W.B., Martínez, I.M., Pinto, A.M., Salanova, M., & et al. · 2002 · 17 items · α 0.73–0.90

W

• Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)Tennant, R., Hiller, L., Fishwick, R., Platt, S., Joseph, S., et al. · 2007 · 14 items · α 0.87–0.91
• Work Life Fulfilment Scale (WLF)Khatri, P., Shukla, S., Thomas, A., Shiva, A. and Behl, A. · 2025 · 26 items · α 0.84-0.93 across all six dimensions, replicated in two independent samples