The Equation of Enough and the Actualization Death Threshold Ph. 1 + 2

The dataset consists of responses from 265 international adult participants (ages 18+) who completed a custom-designed questionnaire assessing variables related to psychological sustainability, internal stress, and existential collapse. The data includes responses on a series of Likert-scale items developed to measure two proposed models: The Equation of Enough (En): quantifying inner equilibrium based on effort, success, time, coherence, and neurostructural context. The Actualization Death Threshold (ADT): a scale indicating when burnout reaches existential proportions. Phase 1 focused on validating the Actualization Death Threshold (ADT) scale, designed to capture existential collapse as a dimensional construct. To assess convergent validity, responses were collected alongside three established measures: the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), and the 18-item version of Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale. These instruments were selected to provide coverage across cognitive appraisal, existential orientation, and multidimensional well-being. It was hypothesized that the ADT would show significant correlations with each measure, but not overly strong convergence, as each scale targets only partial aspects of the broader collapse construct. SWLS captures cognitive judgment of life satisfaction, MLQ addresses the presence and search for meaning, and Ryff offers a multidimensional framework of positive functioning. The ADT, in contrast, was expected to measure structural deterioration in psychological viability, and thus overlap conceptually without redundancy. A total of N = 44 participants, were recruited via social media calls for participants and snowball sampling and completed the battery through Google Forms, using 7-point Likert scales. All responses were complete; no participants were excluded. Participants were almost equally distributed across Gender and had a median Age of 22 In Phase 2, the study introduced the full En-ADT model and tested its predictive structure. A 39-item instrument was developed to measure five subdimensions of structural sustainability from En. Participants who had previously completed Phase 1 were instructed not to participate in Phase 2 to avoid data overlap and ensure independent sampling, as the ADT scale was included in both phases. The primary aim was to determine whether En scores could meaningfully predict ADT positioning, and thus offer a dimensional, system-level account of psychological viability and existential collapse. Participants N = 250 were recruited via targeted calls on social media platforms, including Reddit and Facebook groups and snowballing. All data were collected through the Google Forms survey system, using 7-point Likert scales. The sample was moderately skewed by males (57.2%) and the median age was 30.5.