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

By E. Diener, Derrick Wirtz, William Tov, Chu Kim-prieto, Dong-won Choi, S. Oishi, R. Biswas-Diener. 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Science & Psychology

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How satisfying is the Scale for Travel Satisfaction (2015, methodology): “…has resulted in scales measuring the affective component of well-being by only using valence and not activation, including the commonly used Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) (Watson et al., 1988) and the more recent Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) (Diener et al., 2010).”
The Adaptation of Psychological Well-Being into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study (2013, methodology): “Diener et al. (2010) developed a psychological well-being scale to supplement the previous well-being scales and to measure socio-psychological well-being.”
Doing the right thing: Measuring wellbeing for public policy (2011, background): “Recently, Diener and colleagues developed the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE; Diener et al., 2010), designed to address some of the flaws in previous measures of positive and negative emotions.”
A Multi-Study Examination of Well-Being Theory in College and Community Samples (2016, background): “…(Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994) Brief Resilience Scale (Smith et al., 2008) Positive Orientation Scale (Zbierowski, 2012) Flourishing Scale (Diener et al., 2010) Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985) Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky and Lepper, 1999) Ausgewertet wurden…”
Thriving on demand: Challenging work results in employee flourishing through appraisals and resources. (2020, neutral): “Flourishing consists of feelings of competence, positive relationships, and having purpose in life (Diener et al., 2010).”
A fully automated conversational agent for promoting mental well-being: A pilot RCT using mixed methods (2017, neutral): “95, as well as moderate to strong positive correlations for overall psychological wellbeing — and moderate to strong negative correlations for depression, anxiety and stress (Diener et al., 2010).”
Stress, resilience and leisure coping among university students: applying the broaden-and-build theory (2017, neutral): “Research shows that coping and positive affect are also associated with flourishing, defined as optimal functioning, consisting of growth, generativity, purpose, and engagement (Diener et al., 2010).”
Measuring Need Satisfaction and Frustration in Educational and Work Contexts: The Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS) (2016, methodology): “Affect was measured with the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE, Diener et al. 2010).”
Everyday creative activity as a path to flourishing (2018, methodology): “The daily diary included the eight-item Flourishing Scale that assessed feelings of purpose and meaning in life, engagement, and social connectedness (DFS: Diener et al., 2010).”
Theoretical Perspectives Guiding QOL Indicator Projects (2011, background): “A more recent attempt to capture human flourishing is the Flourishing Scale ( Diener et al. 2010 ).”
Positive psychological capital: A new approach to social support and subjective well-being (2014, methodology): “The 12-item Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE; Diener et al., 2010), which was designed to assess subjective feelings of well-being and ill-being, includes six items to assess positive feelings (Cronbach’s = .”