Comprehensive / Brief Inventory of Thriving.

CIT / BIT

What it measures

Thriving / psychological well-being across 18 subscales (CIT) spanning relationships, engagement, mastery/competence, autonomy, meaning, optimism, subjective well-being, etc.; the BIT is a brief overall thriving/well-being screen.

Length and format

54 (CIT, 18 subscales x 3 items); 10 (BIT). 5-pt Likert (agreement) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into many languages (DE, PT, ES, ZH and others; Diener lab hosts multi-language versions)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Su, R., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2014). The development and validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 6(3), 251-279.