Description

The Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ) is a psychometric instrument designed to assess the extent to which individuals live in accordance with their personal values across different areas of life. It also examines how personal values may be associated with well-being and quality of life.

Purpose

The main purpose of the VLQ is to evaluate an individual’s personal values in different life domains and to assess the degree to which the person’s everyday life is consistent with those values.

Structure and Assessment

The VLQ consists of two main parts: Importance of Values and Living Consistently with Values. Participants rate each part on a scale from 1 to 10, where higher scores indicate greater importance of a value or a greater degree of consistency between personal values and everyday behavior.

The questionnaire covers several areas of life, including family, interpersonal relationships, work, and health, allowing for a multidimensional assessment of the role of values in everyday living.

Use of Results

The VLQ may be used in research, counseling, and psychological intervention contexts to explore the relationship between personal values, behavior, well-being, and quality of life. The results can also help identify areas in which there is greater or lesser consistency between what individuals consider important and the way they actually live.

References

Wilson, K. G., Sandoz, E. K., Kitchens, J., & Roberts, M. (2010). The Valued Living Questionnaire: Defining and measuring valued action within a behavioral framework. The Psychological Record, 60(2), 249–272.

Plumb, J. C., Stewart, I., Dahl, J., & Lundgren, T. (2009). The role of values in acceptance and commitment therapy: A comparison of experienced and inexperienced therapists. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 8(1), 1–9.