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The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving ( CIT ) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving ( BIT )

Su, Rong, Tay, Louis, Diener, Ed·2014·Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

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In this article we present the development and validation of two new measures of psychological well‐being: the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving ( CIT ) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving ( BIT ). These measures were developed with two specific goals in mind: (1) to measure a broad range of psychological well‐being constructs and represent a holistic view of positive functioning; and (2) to predict important health outcomes that are useful for researchers and health practitioners. The CIT includes 18 subscales with 54 items in total, covering a broad range of well‐being components. The BIT has 10 items in total and can serve as an indicator of psychological well‐being and a brief screening tool of mental health. The new measures were evaluated in five samples of a total of 3,191 US participants with diverse demographics. The CIT and BIT had excellent psychometric properties and exhibited convergent validity with existing measures of psychological well‐being and discriminant validity with measures of ill‐being. Both measures contributed over and above existing measures of psychology well‐being in predicting a variety of health outcomes, including self‐reported and objective health status, physical functioning, and health behaviors. In addition, we showed the relative importance of thriving compared to ill‐being for health outcomes and the benefits of assessing individuals' positive functioning beyond ill‐being. Potential uses of the new measures are discussed.

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Authors: Su, R., Tay, L., & Diener, E.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
Corresponding author: Su, Rong
ORCID: Su, Rong
Tay, Louis
Diener, Ed
Venue: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2014-06-12
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Pages: 251-279
ISSN: 1758-0846 (ISSN-L)
1758-0854
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12027
OpenAlex: W2153810892
Cited by: 511
References: 42
Citations by year: 2026: 53 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 1
FWCI: 13.85
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (63597)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
Keywords: thriving, psychological well-being, scale development, psychometric validation, mental health screening, health outcomes, physical function, health behavior, positive functioning, ill-being
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Reproducibility of Results, Health Behavior, Young Adult

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