Psychology Assignment on Flourishing and Personality Relationships

This psychology report delves into the concept of flourishing, also known as well-being, defining it as the presence of sufficient resources to meet basic needs and examining its subjective and objective measurement. It introduces the Flourishing Scale (FS) as a tool to assess well-being, encompassing both positive and negative feelings, and explores its relationship with personality traits like Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness. The report highlights the PERMA model (Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment) as a framework for understanding flourishing and proposes five hypotheses: one for the reliability of the PERMA measure, and four for the convergent validity with Extraversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, and the Flourishing Scale. The aim of the study is to develop and assess the reliability and validity of a self-report measure of flourishing, building upon existing research and providing a comprehensive understanding of mental well-being.

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Introduction
Flourishing is also called well-being can be defined and measured both subjectively or
objectively and it means that sufficient amount of resources that meets the basic needs like lack
of environmental pollutants, opportunities for education, and sufficient amount of resources to
meet the fundamental needs. Therefore, the flourishing and well- being can interchangeably be
used (Butler & Kern, 2016). Psychological flourishing scale can be described as a measure of
well- being and it includes negative feelings and positive feelings and the difference that exists
between the two. The flourishing as a whole includes the other aspects like the optimism,
purpose, self- esteem and relationship (Choi et al., 2009). Mental wellbeing is considered to be a
multifaceted structure that has a long standing history and extensive history in the scientific
literature. It is important to note that mental well-being captures both the eudaimonic and
hedonic perspectives of well-being. The hedonic wellbeing refers to the feeling good or affective
dimension of wellbeing (positive effect, life-satisfaction and happiness). While the eudaimonic
wellbeing refers to living well or psychological functioning of wellbeing (personal growth,
relationship with others, and social contribution). The Flourishing Scale (FS) is used widely for
clinical practice and well- being intervention because it is comprehensive, simple and brief
(Schotanus-Dijkstra et al., 2016). In a study examining relationships between flourishing
(measured using the Flourishing Scale; Diener et al., 2010) and personality traits, Schotanus-
Dijkstra et al. (2016; Table 3) found that scores on the Flourishing Scale had a significant
negative correlation with scores on a measure of Neuroticism (r = -.24, p < .001), and a
significant positive correlation with scores on Extraversion (r = .23, p < .001) and
Conscientiousness (r = .32, p < .001). Goldberg (1992), has also suggested a general approach
for the selection of variables and in the delivery of the factor markers. It has been found that

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representative sampling is used as a strategy for the development of the Big five markers.
PERMA model highlights that flourishing arises from the five major pillars of wellbeing
(accomplishments, meaning, relationships, engagement, positive emotion). The 10 major
components of flourishing that are just the opposite of symptoms of the anxiety and depression
are vitality, self-esteem, reliance, positive relationship, positive emotion, optimism, meaning,
engagement, emotional stability and competence. The PERMA theory stresses on the positive
emotion, engagement, relationship, meaning and accomplishment (Butler & Kern, 2016).
Therefore, PERMA can be said that PERMA can yield future scope for measuring wellbeing
(Forgeard et al., 2011). The Hypothesis (H1)- reliability on the PERMA measure will yield
positive result on flourishing. Hypothesis (H2)- convergent validity of Extraversion (predicted
significant positive relationship), Hypothesis (H3)- convergent validity of Neuroticism (predicted
significant negative relationship), Hypothesis (H4)- convergent validity of Conscientiousness
(predicted significant positive relationship), and Hypothesis (H5)- convergent validity of
Flourishing Scale (FS) (predicted significant positive relationship). The main aim of the study
will be to study was to develop and assess the reliability and validity of a self-report measure of
flourishing.

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