New Well-being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings

New Well-being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings

Measures of well-being were created to assess psychological flourishing and feelings—positive feelings, negative feelings, and the difference between the two. The scales were evaluated in a sample of 689 college students from six locations. The Flourishing Scale is a brief 8-item summary measure of the respondent’s self-perceived success in important areas such as relationships, self-esteem, pu...

A Cross-Cultural Study about Positive and Negative Emotions and Its Relation to Health and Well-being

O13: Positive Education and Flourishing Schools: Strategies for Building Well-Being and Resilience in Students and Staff

Positive education focuses on helping students not only achieve academically, but also to thrive. This workshop will consider what well-being and flourishing is and how well-being science applies to education. Core constructs and positive interventions that can be used with individuals, groups, and organizations to build well-being and resilience will be explored. Specific activities that can b...

New Measures of Well-Being

We present new measures of well-being to assess the following concepts: 1. Psychological Well-Being (PWB); 2. Positive Feelings, Negative Feelings, and the balance between the two (SPANE-P, N, B); and 3. Positive Thinking. The PWB scale is a short 8-item summary survey of the person’s self-perceived functioning in important areas such as relationships, self-esteem, purpose and meaning, and opti...

Affluence, Feelings of Stress, and Well-being

Data from the Gallup World Poll highlighted the differential relations between perceived stress, well-being, and wealth at the individualversus nation-level. At the nation level, stress was a distinct concept from negative affect (NA). It correlated positively with well-being (positive affect, life satisfaction, and domain satisfaction) and wealth (as measured by income, gross domestic product,...