Flourishing Scale (FS)

Yu Xu; Rebecca Y.M. Cheung

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47219-0_110

Flourishing Scale (FS)

Yu Xu
, Rebecca Y.M. Cheung^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Education University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

The Flourishing Scale is a measure that describes important aspects of psychological well-being, including engagement, social relations, optimism, respect, competence, and meaning in life. The Flourishing Scale is a concise, reliable, and valid instrument, comprising only eight items that are easy to score. It has demonstrated strong psychometric properties and offers flexible administration options, including paper-based, telephone, interview, and online surveys. The measure has been validated and widely used in multiple languages and contexts, including Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Malay, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Urdu. Overall, the Flourishing Scale serves as a useful tool for evaluating psychological well-being in diverse communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness Research
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Pages	1733-1744
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031472190
ISBN (Print)	9783031472183
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47219-0_110
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2025

Keywords

Flourishing Scale
Internal consistency
Psychological well-being
Validity

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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