The NIRSA Health & Wellbeing Task Force is excited to share that a Repository of Wellbeing Measures is now available for NIRSA members. One ask the task force has frequently received is for help understanding the many measurement scales and tools available. This resource, complied by the Wellbeing Research Work Group, seeks to offer a starting point in that journey. While the repository is certainly not exhaustive, it is a foundational starting place for members looking to quickly compare some common and popular tools in this space. Each entry provides the name of the measure, link to a validation paper, cost, brief description, permission information, brief pros and cons, recommendations for use, a note on its connection to recreation, and a link to the measure.
Thank you to NIRSA’s Wellbeing Research Work Group, a subgroup of NIRSA’s Health & Wellbeing Task Force, for their efforts in producing this resource. Special thanks to:
- Stephanne Musser (Wellbeing Research Work Group Chair)
- Michelle Rieger (Wellbeing Research Work Group member)
- Bridget Yuhas (Wellbeing Research Work Group member)
- Kelly Sorge (Wellbeing Research Work Group member)
- Jaron Rider (Wellbeing Research Work Group member)
- Tanna Engle (Wellbeing Research Work Group member)
- Michael Bolgrin (Wellbeing Research Work Group member)
- Alana Harris (Health & Wellbeing Task Force liaison)
- Jacob Eubank (Health & Wellbeing Task Force liaison)
- Sophia Survant (Illinois assessment student)
