Dr. Martin Seligman of the Positive Psychology Centre at the
University of Pennsylvania has put online an extensive - and FREE! -
series of very useful self-test questionnaires on various aspects of:

* Happiness
* Psychological and Emotional health
* Meaningfulness of life
* Character Strengths
* Leadership and Aptitude tests
...and many more!

You have to register some basic information about yourself (used anonymously to
develop the reference database of 700,000 user test results against which you
can compare your own performance) before you can access the tests, but the
effort is well worthwhile because you are then given your own PERSONAL RESULTS
PAGE to log into at any time you wish (and re-take any of the tests at any time
if you so wish).

If you wish you can compare your own results against those of people
of similar age, similar geographical location, similar educational
level etc.

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED with your performance in the tests, a range
of accompanying manuals can help you to improve your score. The
website provides links to Amazon USA for these, I have provided below
a list of LINKS to the reviews/order pages for these manuals on
Amazon UK - in many cases there are low-cost used copies available there.

TO REGISTER AND BEGIN YOUR SELF-TESTING go to:
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/register.aspx

The accompanying manuals, with their respective Amazon UK links are:

Authentic Happiness
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...shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from
its narrow-minded focus on emotional pathology, victimology, and mental illness
to positive emotion, virtue and strength, and positive social organisation
structures.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743222989/sunflowerheal-21

Flow: The Psychology of Optimum Experience
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"Flow" is a very creative, exhilarating, productive and desirable state.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060920432/sunflowerheal-21

Optimistic Child: Safeguard Children from Depression
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Offers parents and teachers tools developed to teach children life skills that
transform helplessness into mastery and bolster self-esteem.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060977094/sunflowerheal-21

Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life
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This groundbreaking book pulls together data from three separate
longevity studies that, beginning in their teens, followed 824
individuals for more than 50 years.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316090077/sunflowerheal-21

What You Can Change ... and What You Can't
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In this meticulously researched book, Martin Seligman, distinguished
psychologist and bestselling author of LEARNED OPTIMISM, helps us
realize clearly and realistically exactly what we can change and what
we can't.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0449909719/sunflowerheal-21

Learned Helplessness - Taking Personal Control
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When experience with uncontrollable events gives rise to the
expectation that events in the future will also elude control,
disruptions in motivation, emotion and learning may ensue.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195044673/sunflowerheal-21

Character Strengths and Virtues
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This handbook of character strengths and virtues is the first progress report
from a prestigious group of researchers who have undertaken the systematic
classification and measurement of widely valued positive traits.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195167015/sunflowerheal-21

Culture and Subjective Well-Being (Well Being and Quality of Life)
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This book is based on the idea that we can empirically study quality
of life and make cross-society comparisons of subjective well-being.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262541467/sunflowerheal-21

Learned Optimism - Overcoming Defeat
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This national bestseller shows you how to chart a new approach to living with
"flexible optimism"
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671019112/sunflowerheal-21

A Primer in Positive Psychology
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Positive psychology is the scientific study of what goes right in
life, from birth to death and at all stops in between. It is a newly-
christened approach within psychology that takes seriously the
examination of that which makes life most worth living. Everyone's
life has peaks and valleys, and positive psychology does not deny the
valleys.
http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195188330/sunflowerheal-21


FULL LIST OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES AVAILABLE...
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VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire
Measures 24 Character Strengths

Authentic Happiness Inventory Questionnaire
Measures Overall Happiness

CES-D Questionnaire
Measures Depression Symptoms

Fordyce Emotions Questionnaire
Measures Current Happiness

General Happiness Questionnaire
Assesses Enduring Happiness

PANAS Questionnaire
Measures Positive and Negative Affect (= emotional state)

Brief Strengths Test
Measures 24 Character Strengths

Gratitude Questionnaire
Measures Appreciation about the Past

Grit Survey
Measures the Character Strength of Perseverence

Optimism Test
Measures Optimism About the Future

Transgression Motivations Questionnaire
Measures Forgiveness

VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire
Measures 24 Character Strengths

VIA Strength Survey for Children
Measures 24 Character Strengths for Children

Work-Life Questionnaire
Measures Work-Life Satisfaction

Meaning Questionnaires:

Close Relationships Questionnaire
Measures Attachment Style

Meaning in Life Questionnaire
Measures Meaningfulness

Life Satisfaction Questionnaires:

Approaches to Happiness Questionnaire
Measures Three Routes to Happiness

Satisfaction with Life Scale
Measures Life Satisfaction


Dr. Seligman has developed the science of "Positive Psychology", a
new branch of psychology which focuses on the empirical study of such
things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy
institutions.

Positive Psychology includes the study of positive emotion, positive
character traits, and positive cultural institutions. Dr. Seligman is
now turning his attention to training Positive Psychologists,
individuals whose practice will make the world a happier place,
parallel to the way clinical psychologists have made the world a less
unhappy place!

His research has demonstrated that it is possible to be happier, to
feel more satisfied, to be more engaged with life, find more meaning,
have higher hopes, and even laugh and smile more, regardless of one's
circumstances.

Positive psychology interventions can also lastingly decrease
depression symptoms. The research underlying these rigorously tested
interventions has been presented in the American Psychologist, the
journal of the American Psychology Association.