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Sep 7, 2020 · Recognizing the need to empirically distinguish well-being from distress, Dr. Ed Diener outlined a model of subjective well-being (SWB), demonstrating that positive and negative affect operate...
- Our Prior Measurement Work: The Flourishing Index
- Recommendations For Well-Being Measurement
- Exploring New Frontiers
To date, much of our empirical research on well-being has incorporated the flourishing index that was proposed in a 2017 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. That paper also included a working definition of flourishing as living in “a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good.” Defined so broadly, flourishing m...
Nonetheless, while this flourishing index is versatile and has many important uses, it is not the right tool for all circumstances. In some studies, one might desire a far more substantial assessment of well-being, using more questions with greater nuance. However, in other contexts, even 10 or 12 questions might be considered a lot. In major natio...
However, if flourishing is indeed to be understood as living in “a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good,” then we must again acknowledge that no measurement — no assessment — is going to be fully adequate. Moreover, any well-developed understanding of flourishing will almost certainly include additional aspects of life that extend...
Jul 20, 2021 · The concept of content validity and its component criteria help assessing whether conclusions based on a set of indicators are valid conclusions about the targeted construct. To develop a valid indicator set, careful definition of the targeted construct including its (sub-)domains is paramount.
- Laura Schang, Iris Blotenberg, Dennis Boywitt
- 10.1093/intqhc/mzab107
- 2021
- Int J Qual Health Care. 2021; 33(3): mzab107.
Sep 11, 2018 · We find that (i) QOL assessments vary in terms of conceptual foundations, dimensions, indicators, and units of analysis, (ii) social indicators are consistently used across assessments, (iii) most assessments consider indicators that pertain to the livability of the environment, and (iv) QOL can be based on objective indicators and/or ...
- Ronald C Estoque, Takuya Togawa, Makoto Ooba, Kei Gomi, Shogo Nakamura, Yasuaki Hijioka, Yasuko Kame...
- 10.1007/s13280-018-1090-3
- 2019
- Ambio. 2019 Jun; 48(6): 619-638.
Jun 1, 2018 · Existing definitions of happiness, subjective well-being, and quality of life suggest conceptual overlap between these constructs. This study explored the relationship between these well-being constructs by applying widely used measures with satisfactory psychometric properties.
- Oleg N. Medvedev, C. Erik Landhuis
- 10.7717/peerj.4903
- 2018
- PeerJ. 2018; 6: e4903.
May 21, 2024 · It includes having good mental health, high life satisfaction, a sense of meaning or purpose, and the ability to manage stress. More generally, well-being is just feeling well (Take this quiz to...
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