Self-assessed importance of domains of flourishing: Demographics and correlations with well-being

Lee, Matthew T.; Białowolski, Piotr; Węziak‐Białowolska, Dorota; Mooney, Kay D.; Lerner, Phillip J.; McNeely, Eileen; VanderWeele, Tyler J.

doi:10.1080/17439760.2020.1716050

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“…The Worker Well-being Survey was designed to comprehensively assess human flourishing at work and the state of working conditions. It has thus far been employed with a sample of more than 13,000 garment workers in China, Cambodia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Poland and the United States, and in addition, more than 8,000 office and manufacturing employees of two Fortune 500 manufacturing companies and one major insurer in the U.S. 28 - 30 …”

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“…We examined 13 outcomes for the primary analysis and 15 outcomes for the secondary analysis from the Well-Being Assessment, 30 the Flourishing Index, 31 , 32 the CDC Health-Related Quality of Life (CDC-HRQOL; secondary analysis) 33 and the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JRAWBS; secondary analysis). 34 …”

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“…The Well-Being Assessment (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.951) 30 and the Flourishing Index (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.822), 31 , 32 provided the following outcomes: purpose in life (2 items, composite score), social connectedness (2 items, composite score), life satisfaction and happiness (2 items, composite score), self-assessed physical health (single item) and self-assessed mental health (single item). All of these outcomes were used in all of the primary and secondary sets of data and analyses.…”

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Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence From two Longitudinal Studies

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Purpose: We examined the impact of an orientation to promote good—one aspect of strengths of character, understood as having consistent thoughts and taking actions that contribute to the good of oneself and others—on flourishing outcomes. Design: We used data from 2 longitudinal observational studies. The primary study used 2 waves of data collected in June 2018 and July 2019. The secondary study used 3 waves of data collected in February 2017, March 2018, and March 2019. Setting: Two culturally different populations of adults were examined: (1) a large service organization based in the United States and (2) a Mexican apparel company in the supply chain of a major global brand. Subjects: 1,209 U.S. employees and 495 Mexican apparel workers were included in the study. Measures: Self-reports of orientation to promote good, Well-Being Assessment, Flourishing Index, the CDC Health-Related Quality of Life and the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale were used. Analysis: An outcome-wide approach and lagged regression analyses were applied. To combine the estimates across samples meta-analytic estimates were computed. Bonferroni correction was used to correct for multiple testing. Robustness of the results to potential unmeasured confounding was examined using E-values. Results: Orientation to promote good was positively associated with subsequently higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness (β = 0.14, 95% CI: 0.09, 0.19), self-assessed mental health (β = 0.11, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.15) and physical health (β = 0.08, 95% CI: 0.04, 0.12), social connectedness (β = 0.102, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.15) and purpose in life (β = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.11). It was also associated with decreased anxiety (β = -0.11, 95% CI: -0.17, -0.06), depression (β = -0.07, 95% CI: -0.1, -0.02) and loneliness (β = -0.09, 95% CI: -0.13, -0.04). Possible effects on both positive affect (feeling happy) and negative affect (feeling sad, stressed and lonely) in general and while-at-work were also identified. Conclusions: Policymakers and practitioners should consider orientation to promote good as an important factor for improving population health and human flourishing while also at work.

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“…He defines flourishing in terms of complete human well-being and distinguishes its six domains: (1) life satisfaction and happiness, (2) meaning and purpose in life, (3) mental and physical health, (4) satisfactory relationships, (5) character and virtue, and (6) financial and material stability. By offering an expanded list of items covering in greater detail on the six domains of the SFI, the WBA provides more depth and nuance about crucial aspects of flourishing that are "ends" in themselves and that represent a nearly universal consensus of the meaning of complete well-being (Lee et al, 2021a). However, in this study, the composition of SFI was refined and the labeling of well-being domains was reworded as suggested by a group of well-being experts involved in this study.…”

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“…First, the number of items was expanded from 12 to 45 (initially; in the following steps, this number was reduced to 40) to gain an understanding of a broader range of aspects present in each of the domains of the SFI. Second, although the SFI combines mental and physical health in a single domain, recent empirical research suggested separating mental and physical health domains, whereas mental health and happiness/life satisfaction domains could be combined (Lee et al, 2021a). Consequently, the WBA was developed to comprise the following six domains.…”

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Psychometric Properties of Flourishing Scales From a Comprehensive Well-Being Assessment

Węziak‐Białowolska¹,

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In this article, we develop a measure of complete well-being. The framework is derived from the theoretical model of human flourishing understood as a state in which all aspects of a human life are favorable. The approach extends beyond psychological well-being and reflects the World Health Organization definition of health that not only considers the health of body and mind but also embraces the wholeness of the person. The Well-Being Assessment (WBA) is a comprehensive instrument designed to assess holistic well-being in six domains: emotional health, physical health, meaning and purpose, character strengths, social connectedness, and financial security. Although each of these domains is distinct, all of them are nearly universally desired, and all but financial security constitute ends in themselves. Data were collected from a representative sample of working adults. A sample of 276 employees participated in the pilot, 2,370 participated in the first wave and 1,209 in the second wave of the survey. The WBA showed a good fitting (40 items, six factors), satisfactory reliability, test–retest correlation, and convergent/discriminant validity in relation to stability over time and relevant health measures, as well as a good fit to the data that were invariant over time, gender, age, education, and marital status. The instrument can be of use for scientists, practitioners, clinicians, public health officials, and patients. Adoption of more holistic measures of well-being that go beyond psychological well-being may help to shift the focus from health deficiencies to health and well-being promotion.

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Health and Flourishing: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis

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Human Flourishing

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Human flourishing is a complete state of well-being, comprised of essential elements that are universally valued across cultures as ends in themselves rather than as means to ends. Understanding the ontological interconnectedness of individual and communal flourishing has important implications for health. A narrow view of health has been framed in biomedical—and frequently physical—terms as the absence of disease or impairment. But broader and more holistic understandings derived from long-standing wisdom in the humanities are increasingly being used in tandem with the allopathic approach, thereby offering a relational understanding of health that transcends a focus on physical infirmity and locates the individual in social, ecological, and spiritual contexts. This wisdom has profound implications for the organization of healthcare, including a restoration of compassion as the heart of healthcare practice, as recent iterations of lifestyle medicine and integrative medicine have demonstrated. A synthesis of interdisciplinary knowledge affirms the goal of building a wellbeing ecosystem that transcends self-centeredness and reimagines health as flourishing.

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Self-assessed importance of domains of flourishing: Demographics and correlations with well-being

Cited by 47 publications

References 26 publications

Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence From two Longitudinal Studies

Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence From two Longitudinal Studies

Psychometric Properties of Flourishing Scales From a Comprehensive Well-Being Assessment

Health and Flourishing: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis

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