ADAPTATION OF FLOURISHING AS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY CONCEPT IN LATVIA

TitleADAPTATION OF FLOURISHING AS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY CONCEPT IN LATVIA
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsPakse, I, Svence, G
JournalProblems of Psychology in the 21st Century
Volume14
Issue2
Start Page113-122
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedDecember/2020
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN2029-8587
Other NumbersE-ISSN 2538-7197
Keywordsflourishing characteristics, measuring instruments, positive psychology, well-being
Abstract

The aim of the study is to adapt linguistically and psychometrically the construct of flourishing and to compare four most popular measuring instruments by looking at their psychometric validity indicators and examining in more details the flourishing level of randomized sample in Latvia (N=312). As this construct was not adapted in Latvia jet, it is a new concept both – in terms of content and psychometry. Therefore, the tasks of research were more related to the study of the construct’s own content by comparing most popular flourishing measuring instruments, their internal consistency, analyzing the convergent validity of measuring instruments, and studying of the relationships between various demographic indicators and the level of flourishing. The research results confirm that flourishing scores of all four measuring instruments mutually correlate, that suggests cross compliance of all four instruments. Demographic indicators as education and occupation are the only ones which are mathematically plausible, but only at trend level correlate with flourishing characteristics. The data adapted in the study and psychometrically tested methodologies can be used in the practice of psychologists and in other studies in the future. The discussion raised the question of why neither gender nor age correlate with flourishing, that contradicts other similar studies in the word.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2020/444-1608225439.pdf
DOI10.33225/ppc/20.14.113
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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