ERIC Number: EJ1109774
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Simplified Chinese Version of Flourishing Scale
Tang, Xiaoqing; Duan, Wenjie; Wang, Zhizhang; Liu, Tianyuan
Research on Social Work Practice, v26 n5 p591-599 Sep 2016
Objectives: The Flourishing Scale (FS) was developed to measure psychological well-being from the eudaimonic perspective, highlighting the flourishing of human functioning. This article evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the simplified Chinese version of FS among a Chinese community population. Method: A total of 433 participants from 17 different communities in southwest China completed a questionnaire package that included FS, Chinese Virtues Questionnaire, and Brief Symptom Inventory-18. Results: The results demonstrated excellent internal consistency, solid one-factor structure, strong convergent and discriminant validity, and incremental validity. Flourishing was found to play a mediating role in the relationship between total virtue and psychological distress. Conclusions: FS was proved to be appropriate for use in assessing psychological well-being among a Chinese community population, which may be recognized as a promising tool to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for evidence-based social work practice.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Likert Scales, Well Being, Measures (Individuals), Questionnaires, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Reliability, Factor Structure, Validity, Stress Variables, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Social Work, Factor Analysis
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Brief Symptom Inventory
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