Psychometric properties of the Flourishing Scale for South African first-year students

Mostert, Karina; Beer, Leon T. de; Beer, Ronalda De

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“…The FS assesses the optimal functioning level using items that reflect essential components of well-being based on various humanistic psychology theories [2,3,25]. Translated and adapted to various cultural contexts, the FS showed good psychometric properties [4,[12][13][14]18,20,[26][27][28]. Its eight items refer to purpose and meaning; supportive and rewarding relationships; engagement and interest; contribution to the well-being of others; feelings of competence, self-acceptance, and optimism; and respect from others [4].…”

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Flourishing in Education: Psychometric Properties of the Flourishing Scale in a Sample of Romanian Teachers

Balgiu,

Simionescu-Panait

2024

Behavioral Sciences

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The Flourishing Scale (FS) is one of the most well-known tools for assessing psychological flourishing. However, its psychometric properties have been little analyzed in the case of teachers. This study aimed to examine the validity of the scale in the case of a sample of Romanian teachers and to analyze the latter’s level of flourishing. In this regard, 323 Romanian teachers from the pre-university education system were recruited. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess the construct validity of the scale, and Cronbach’s α and McDonald’s ω indices were used to assess internal consistency. The convergent validity was assessed by associating the FS with other instruments related to well-being: the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience. Network analysis was performed to examine the items that are particularly influential in the scale. As a result of the CFA, the one-factor structure of the scale was certified (χ2/df = 1.39; CFI = 0.99; RMSEA = 0.035). The internal consistency is excellent (both α and ω = 0.89). The FS correlates with both of the scales which operationalize components of well-being. The teachers’ flourishing level is above average. The network approach showed that the items related to self-acceptance, optimism, and respect had the highest indicators of centrality, and the item related to supportive social relationships was the least informative in the network. For the male subsample, flourishing means optimism about the future and respect for others, and for the female respondents, it is related to self-acceptance and respect. The results provide support for using the scale in assessing flourishing among teachers.

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“…Sci. 2024, 14, 366 2 of 12 scale was validated on various samples, especially teenagers [10,11] and students [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. To our knowledge, the scale has not been validated in the Romanian language.…”

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Flourishing in Education: Psychometric Properties of the Flourishing Scale in a Sample of Romanian Teachers

Balgiu,

Simionescu-Panait

2024

Behavioral Sciences

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Flourishing Scale (FS)

Xu,

Cheung

2024

Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness Research

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A conceptualization and psychometric evaluation of positive psychological outcome measures used in adolescents and young adults living with HIV: A mixed scoping and systematic review

Dambi,

Cowan,

Martin

et al. 2024

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Introduction Sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest burden of HIV, with comorbid mental conditions highly prevalent in people living with HIV. It is important to evaluate the mental health of adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYALHIV) comprehensively by measuring both negative and positive psychological constructs. There has been a proliferation of interest in positive psychological outcome measures, but the evidence of their psychometric robustness is fragmented. This review sought to: 1) Identify positive psychological outcomes and corresponding outcome measures used in AYALHIV in sub-Saharan Africa. 2) Critically appraise the psychometrics of the identified outcome measures. Methods and analysis Two reviewers independently searched articles in PubMed, Scopus, Africa-Wide Information, CINAHL, Psych INFO and Google Scholar. Searches were conducted from November 2022 to February 2023. Two separate reviewers independently reviewed retrieved articles. We applied a narrative synthesis to map the key constructs. The risk of bias across studies was evaluated using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist. The quality of the psychometric properties was rated using the COSMIN checklist and qualitatively synthesized using the modified Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation checklist. Results We identified 15 positive psychological constructs: body appreciation, confidence, coping, flourishing, meaningfulness, personal control, positive outlook, resilience, self-management, self-compassion, self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem, self-worth and transcendence, that had been used to assess ALHIV. The most measured constructs were resilience, self-concept, self-esteem, coping and self-efficacy. Construct validity and internal consistency were the properties most frequently considered, while content validity and structural validity were assessed less often. Conclusions Few studies performed complete validations; thus, evidence for psychometric robustness was fragmented. However, this review shows the initial evidence of the feasibility of using positive psychological outcomes in low-resource settings. Instead of creating new outcome measures, researchers are recommended to leverage the existing measures, adapt them for use and, if appropriate, strive to maintain the factorial structure to facilitate comparisons. Registration PROSPERO-CRD42022325172.

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Psychometric properties of the Flourishing Scale for South African first-year students

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Flourishing in Education: Psychometric Properties of the Flourishing Scale in a Sample of Romanian Teachers

Flourishing in Education: Psychometric Properties of the Flourishing Scale in a Sample of Romanian Teachers

Flourishing Scale (FS)

A conceptualization and psychometric evaluation of positive psychological outcome measures used in adolescents and young adults living with HIV: A mixed scoping and systematic review

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