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. 2021 Mar 6;18(5):2664.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052664.

Adaptation and Measurement Invariance by Gender of the Flourishing Scale in a Colombian Sample

Marta Martín-Carbonell  1 , Begoña Espejo  2 , Irene Checa  2 , Martha Fernández-Daza  1
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Adaptation and Measurement Invariance by Gender of the Flourishing Scale in a Colombian Sample

Marta Martín-Carbonell et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

There is increasing interest in the study of flourishing as an indicator of subjective wellbeing. The objective herein was to adapt and study the psychometric properties of Diener's Flourishing Scale (FS) among the Colombian population. Accordingly, a cross-sectional study was conducted with a non-probability sample of 1255 Colombian adults. The scale's structure, invariance by gender, and convergent and concurrent validity were studied from a confirmatory perspective using structural equation models. The confirmatory factor analysis showed excellent fit indicators for the one-dimensional structure (CFI = 0.985, RMSEA = 0.039, SRMR = 0.020) as well as for the convergent (CFI = 0.909, RMSEA = 0.050, SRMR = 0.063) and concurrent (CFI = 0.966, RMSEA = 0.036, SRMR = 0.041) validity models. The correlations calculated among flourishing with positive and negative effects (PANAS), satisfaction with life (SWL), and optimism and pessimism (LOT) were statistically significant and as expected. Configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender was confirmed. Percentiles were provided for the total score. The FS scale was a valid and reliable measure to assess high levels of wellbeing among the Colombian population.

Keywords: Colombian population; confirmatory factor analysis; flourishing scale; health; measurement invariance; psychological assessment; psychometric properties; quality of life; structural equation modeling; wellbeing.

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The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.

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