Validation of the flourishing scale and scale of positive and negative experience in a Chinese community sample

PLoS One. 2017 Aug 3;12(8):e0181616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181616. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Diener and colleagues (2010) created concise assessment tools to study flourishing and Positive and Negative emotions. The two scales had been validated with English-speaking and German-speaking participants. Nevertheless, its applicability for Chinese is not well established. The current study validated the two scales in traditional Chinese, using a randomly selected community sample. Both the flourishing scale and the Positive and Negative Emotions scale showed an adequate fit. We also found that gender and social status had an influence on flourishing.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • China
  • Emotions*
  • Female
  • Health Surveys / methods*
  • Humans
  • Language
  • Male
  • Marital Status
  • Mental Health / statistics & numerical data*
  • Middle Aged
  • Residence Characteristics*
  • Sex Factors
  • Social Class

Grants and funding

This research project was supported by the University of Macau research grant MYRG2014-00061-FSS web: www.umac.mo Recipient: KK The telephone lab was provided by the Univeristy of Macau without charge.