Validation of the flourishing scale and scale of positive and negative experience in a Chinese community sample.

Kwok Kit Tong,Yuan Yuan Wang,Pietro Cipresso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181616

Abstract

Diener and colleagues (2010) created concise assessment tools to study flourishing and Positive and Negative emotions. The two scales had been validated with English-speaking and German-speaking participants. Nevertheless, its applicability for Chinese is not well established. The current study validated the two scales in traditional Chinese, using a randomly selected community sample. Both the flourishing scale and the Positive and Negative Emotions scale showed an adequate fit. We also found that gender and social status had an influence on flourishing.

Highlights

Received: May 29, 2015Accepted: July 5, 2017Published: August 3, 2017
We consider the model to be acceptable based on the following criteria: the comparative fit index (CFI) is greater than .90 [28], the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) is less than .08 [29], the Tucker-Lewis Index is greater than .90 [30]
We examine the modification index and the single-factor model showed a better fit if we free one error covariance, χ2 (N = 1008, df = 19) = 162.89, p < .01, RMSEA = .087, CFI = .949, TLI = .904, AIC = 212.89, BCC = 213.34 (Fig 1)

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Introduction

Data Availability Statement: The data have been submitted to EASY (https://easy.dans.knaw.nl). Tang et al (2016) tested and verified a simplified Chinese version of the FS in communities in the south west region in China and Duan and Xie (2016) tested the FS on Chinese adolescents recruited in middle and high schools [25,26] Their results indicated that the FS has good psychological properties and the application of it in Chinese societies is promising. The first objective is to validate the FS scale in economically developed Chinese societies, such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, in traditional Chinese (c.f., simplified Chinese characters are used in mainland China and the characters contain fewer strokes and are easier to write) We test their relations to existing well-being measurements such as Diener’s satisfaction with life scale.

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