The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT)

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-279

  Su, Rong ^a   Tay, Louis ^b   Diener, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief inventory of thriving; Comprehensive inventory of thriving; Flourishing; Health; Psychological well being; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932179249     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12027     Document Type: Article

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