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Flourishing Scale (FS)

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About this scale

Flourishing means doing really well . The Flourishing Scale measures people's success (self rated) in key areas of one's life, such as relationships and having a sense of purpose. Previously, the scale was referred to Psychological Well Being (PWB) and is referred to as such in the paper ( Diener et al., 2009 ). According to the authors , "the name was changed to more accurately reflect the content because the scale includes content that goes beyond psycho

Sample item(s)

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Notes

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Source & citation

Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi. D., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2009). New measures of well-being: Flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 39 , 247-266. Online available here .

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