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J Happiness Stud (2016) 17:13511370
DOI 10.1007/s10902-015-9647-3
RESEARCH PAPER
Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra1,2 M. E. Pieterse2
C. H. C. Drossaert2 G. J. Westerhof2 R. de Graaf1
M. ten Have1 J. A. Walburg2 E. T. Bohlmeijer2
Published online: 11 June 2015 The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Abstract Flourishing is the ultimate end-state in psychology and a key-concept in the eld of positive psychology research. Flourishers are those individuals with both high levels of hedonic well-being and eudaimonic well-being. Although many researchers have focused on one or another of these domains, only a few have investigated the comprehensive state of ourishing. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of ourishing and its association with socio-demographics, personality traits and situational factors. This study used data from the second wave of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2), a national representative sample of adults in The Netherlands (n = 5303; 20102012). Findings were compared to having either high hedonic well-being or high eudaimonic well-being. Results showed that 37 % of the respondents were ourishers, mainly characterized by high levels of conscientiousness and extraversion and low levels of neuroticism. The situational factors of social support and positive life-events were signicantly associated with ourishing when the analysis was controlled for socio-demographics and personality traits. Flourishing was most distinct from high hedonic well-being and showed parallelism with high eudaimonic well-being. More research is needed to establish a preferred ourishing instrument with validated cutoff points for ourishing and to understand the processes of situational factors that may underlie the promotion of ourishing. We recommend longitudinal designs and experience sampling studies to investigate the unique and modiable predictors of ourishing. In addition, future research should include intervention studies that examine through which hedonic and eudaimonic pathways ourishing can be achieved.
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1 Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, P.O. Box 725,
3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands
2 Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Keywords Flourishing Well-being Personality Positive life-events Social...