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

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 97 Số 2 - Trang 143-156 - 2010
Ed Diener1,2, Derrick Wirtz3, William Tov4, Chu Kim‐Prieto5, Dongwon Choi6, Shigehiro Oishi7, Robert Biswas‐Diener8
1Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA
2The Gallup Organization, Omaha, USA
3East Carolina University, Greenville, USA
4Singapore Management University, Bras Basah, Singapore
5College of New Jersey, Ewing, USA
6California State University, East Bay, Hayward, USA
7University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
8Center for Applied Positive Psychology, Milwaukie, USA

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