I'm using Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale, as well as Waterman's Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well Being (QEWB). Those seem to be the two major tools.
Corey Keys distinguished between psychological and social elements of eudaimonia, making it a potentially comprehensive measure. He built on the work of Ryff. These two elements of eudaimonia, along with hedonia are measured by the Mental Health Continuum. It is also available in a short form.
Keyes, C. L. M. (1998). Social well-being. Social Psychology Quarterly, 61, 121-140. DOI: 10.2307/2787065
Keyes, C. L. M. (2002). The mental health continuum: From languishing to flourishing in life. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43, 207-222. DOI: 10.2307/3090197
Keyes, C. L. M. (2009). Brief description of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF). Available: http://www.sociology.emory.edu/ckeyes/.
Keyes, C. L. M., Wissing, M., Potgieter, J. P., Temane, M., Kruger, A., & van Rooy, S. (2008). Evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) in Setswana speaking South Africans. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 15, 181-192. DOI: 10.1002/cpp.572
Lamers, S. M. A., Glas, C. A.W., Westerhof, G. J., & Bohlmeijer, E. T. (2012). Longitudinal evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF). European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 28, 290-296. DOI: 10.1027/1015-579-a000109
Lamers, S. M. A., Westerhof, G. J., Bohlmeijer, E. T., ten Klooster, P. M, & Keyes, C. L. M. (2011). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67, 99-110. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20741
I have studied eudaimonic well-being partially in my thesis, and think that Ryff's scale is an adequate choice. Mental Health Continuum – Short Form by Keyes is also devised for eudaimonic well-being.
Corey Keys distinguished between psychological and social elements of eudaimonia, making it a potentially comprehensive measure. He built on the work of Ryff. These two elements of eudaimonia, along with hedonia are measured by the Mental Health Continuum. It is also available in a short form.
Keyes, C. L. M. (1998). Social well-being. Social Psychology Quarterly, 61, 121-140. DOI: 10.2307/2787065
Keyes, C. L. M. (2002). The mental health continuum: From languishing to flourishing in life. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43, 207-222. DOI: 10.2307/3090197
Keyes, C. L. M. (2009). Brief description of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF). Available: http://www.sociology.emory.edu/ckeyes/.
Keyes, C. L. M., Wissing, M., Potgieter, J. P., Temane, M., Kruger, A., & van Rooy, S. (2008). Evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) in Setswana speaking South Africans. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 15, 181-192. DOI: 10.1002/cpp.572
Lamers, S. M. A., Glas, C. A.W., Westerhof, G. J., & Bohlmeijer, E. T. (2012). Longitudinal evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF). European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 28, 290-296. DOI: 10.1027/1015-579-a000109
Lamers, S. M. A., Westerhof, G. J., Bohlmeijer, E. T., ten Klooster, P. M, & Keyes, C. L. M. (2011). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67, 99-110. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20741
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