Free Research Questionnaires
Introduction
Questionnaires that are free to use
Listed below are:
The Positive Mindset Index,
The Wellbeing Benefits of Everyday Activities Scale,
Scoring for the Colour Blind Quality of Life Scale (CBQoL),
the Gender Scripts scale (male and female).
Note that this page is being periodically updated with new research findings and other relevant material.
These questionnaires are free to use, but please cite them properly (see ‘citation’) in any report they appear in, whether published or not. If you have any feedback or questions, please email johnbarry@centreformalepsychology.com
Mental wellbeing: the Positive Mindset Index
(Barry, Folkard & Ayliff, 2014)
The Positive Mindset Index (PMI; Barry, Folkard & Ayliff, 2014) uses six items to measure mental positivity: happiness, confidence, being in control, emotional stability, motivation and optimism. These are rated on a 5-point Likert scale, with a neutral midpoint, from 1 to 5. The scale is designed for ease of use, both for participant and researcher.
The scale is designed for ease of use, both for participant and researcher. For example, there are only six items, all using simple language, which is useful for people in a hurry, with limited reading skills, or impaired ability. Also, the neutral midpoint removes any pressure on participants to commit to either the higher or lower end of an opinion.
Wellbeing Benefits of Everyday Activities Scale
(Barry & Roper, 2016)
The Wellbeing Benefits of Everyday Activities Scale (WBEAS) is designed to measure how much satisfaction is gained from a wide range of everyday activities e.g. playing any kind of sport, engaging in any kind of social activity etc. It can easily be adapted to fit a wide variety of contexts and is simple enough to be used by a variety of researchers (students, psychologists, market researchers etc.).
The WBEA scale is designed to be adapted to different activities by changing the latter part of each item, shown below in square brackets. For example, instead of “when I visit the barber/hairdresser”, the item might state “when I play football” or “when I talk with my friends”.
Scoring for the Colour Blind Quality of Life Scale (CBQoL)
(Barry et al, 2017)
The Colour Blind Quality of Life Scale (CBQoL) (Barry et al, 2017) measures problems related to congenital colour vision deficiency (i.e. ‘colour blindness’) in relation to three areas: health (e.g. colour of a mole on skin), work (e.g. limited career choices), and emotional life (e.g. embarrassed by issues related to colour blindness). It uses 23 items measured on a 6-point Likert scale. The scale was developed in association with experts at the Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, University of Birmingham, UK. The CBQoL has been used by several research teams around the world.
Gender Scripts (male and female)
(Seager, Sullivan & Barry, 2014)
The Gender Script Questionnaire (Seager et al, 2014) measures four traditional male and five traditional female subscales of attitude to various aspects of gender typicality.
The male script consists of consists of 15 items measuring the subscales Fight & Win (e.g. ‘When the team I support lose it really hurts’), Protect (e.g. ‘Women and children should come first’), Mastery & Control (e.g. ‘if you need help you are weak’) and Racing (e.g. ‘I don’t like being overtaken on the roads’). The female script consists of 18 items measuring the subscales Looks (e.g. ‘I feel more alive when I look attractive’), Family Harmony (e.g. ‘I won’t be truly happy until I have produced a child’), Fertility, Parenting and Family Pressure.