ArticleBMC global and public health2025
The development of the Global Flourishing Study questionnaire: charting the evolution of a new 109-item inventory of human flourishing.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Coordinated outcome-wide analytic methodology for multi-wave analyses of the global flourishing study.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
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- Childhood experiences and adult self-rated physical health in 22 countries.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
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- Demographic variation in weekly alcohol use across countries in the Global Flourishing Study.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Demographic variation in symptoms of depression and anxiety across 22 Global Flourishing Study countries.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- The Prevalence and Predictors of Experiences of Beauty in 22 Countries: An International Assessment of Aesthetic Appreciation in the Global Flourishing Study.Applied research in quality of life · 2026Article
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Abstract
Given the well-founded critiques of academia as Western-centric, there are increasing efforts to conduct research that is more cross-cultural and global. These dynamics apply to all aspects of life, including human flourishing, as exemplified by the new Global Flourishing Study (GFS), a longitudinal panel study investigating the predictors and components of flourishing across over 200,000 participants from 22 geographically and culturally diverse countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong [S.A.R of China, with mainland China also included from 2024 onwards], Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, UK, and USA). The research is not only comprehensive in its global reach but also its conceptual coverage of flourishing, involving 109 distinct questions (comprising a one-off intake survey of 43 items and an annual survey of 71 items, with five items shared by both). This paper elucidates the questionnaire development process, giving a transparent and open accounting of its multi-phase construction. By describing this process in detail, this article not only articulates the nature of the GFS but also serves as a useful resource in the survey development literature more broadly (e.g., for scholars undertaking similar endeavors).
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