WHAT IS THE 49N™ MENTAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT?
The MFA is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure the psycho-social well-being of participants. It results in an inventory and comprehensive measure. This allows psycho-social fitness to be described in multidimensional terms. The four specific domains are emotional, social, family, and spiritual fitness.

• Emotional Fitness reflects one’s positive mood, life satisfaction, freedom from depression, optimistic vs. catastrophic thinking, strengths of character, and active problem-focused vs. passive emotion-focused coping.
• Social Fitness indicates how one feels about their organization, leaders, and colleagues.
• Family Fitness refers to how one is faring in personal and familial relationships.
• Spiritual Fitness reflects whether one has a sense of meaning, purpose, and accomplishment in life that extends beyond the self.

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WHY ASSESS?
Psycho-social well-being is defined not simply by the absence of problems. It is also defined by the presence of well-developed clusters of assets, dispositions, and resources. Although these clusters are not independent of one another, neither are they redundant.

It is important to take a comprehensive approach and describe psycho-social fitness in terms of a profile of a participant’s characteristics. The MFA should be part of an integrated program. Mental Armor™ is designed to promote measurable well-being. It achieves this by recognizing and building psycho-social fitness. As a result, it bolsters well-being while reducing problems.

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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
When a participant completes the MFA:

• Immediate feedback is provided about their profile of strengths.
• Participants get personal measures in the domains of emotional, social, family, and spiritual fitness.
• A common vocabulary is introduced for describing what is right about participants.

As this vocabulary becomes familiar, it helps individuals articulate their own strengths as well as recognize those of the people they work with (Resnick & Rosenheck, 2006). A personal and collective identity framed in terms of psycho-social strengths can sustain and build morale (Peterson, Park, & Sweeney, 2008).

In organizations that comprehensively implement the MFA:

• It provides a method to gauge psychosocial fitness at the organizational level.
• It helps reduce stigma surrounding “mental health” assessments (cf. Hoge et al., 2006).
• No participant is singled out; all receive strengths-based feedback.
• Leaders gain insight to deliver tailored, data-informed training — a more effective alternative to outdated “one-size-fits-all” models (Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992).

If your organization is interested in completing the free Mental Fitness Assessment (MFA) to receive an anonymous, comprehensive report on overall organizational mental fitness, please contact Christopher Poe, Director of Community Development, at chris@mymentalarmor.com or call 1-276-677-6226 (1-ARMOR-7-6226).

You can also visit our Contact Us page to get started.

After taking the MFA, we suggest taking the Values in Action (VIA) Survey online.

This survey provides a comprehensive list of your character strengths.