Flourish Index and Secure Flourish Index.
FI / SFI
Human flourishing across five domains (happiness and life satisfaction; mental and physical health; meaning and purpose; character and virtue; close social relationships) plus a sixth domain of financial and material stability in the Secure Flourish Index.
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 10 (Flourish Index) or 12 (Secure Flourish Index); 2 items per domain. 0-10 rating scales (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Fielded in 20+ languages in the Global Flourishing Study, incl. ES, PT, ZH, JA, AR, ID, SW, PL, TR
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). On the promotion of human flourishing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(31), 8148-8156. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702996114 ; Weziak-Bialowolska, D., McNeely, E., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2019). Flourish Index and Secure Flourish Index - validation in workplace settings. Cogent Psychology, 6(1), 1598926.
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