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Wellbeing and positive psychology

Peace of Mind Scale.

PoM

What it measures
Peace of mind - an internal state of peacefulness, harmony, and low-arousal positive affect (an East-Asian conception of well-being emphasising inner calm rather than high-arousal excitement).
Length and format
7 items. 5-pt frequency (1 not at all - 5 all of the time) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Chinese original with English and other-language versions
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Lee, Y.-C., Lin, Y.-C., Huang, C.-L., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). The construct and measurement of peace of mind. Journal of Happiness Studies, 14(2), 571-590.

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