Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Κλίμακα Ανάπτυξης (Flourishing Scale)	Κλίμακα Θετικής Ψυχικής Υγείας
Πεδίο	Θετική Ψυχολογία	Θετική Ψυχολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2010	2015
Δημιουργός	Ed Diener	Multiple developers including Christine Lüthy
Τύπος	Self-report questionnaire	Self-report questionnaire
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D. W., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 143–156.	Lüthy, C., Meisser, C., & Schindler, C. (2015). The Positive Mental Health Scale: A measure based on personal strength models in a cross-national study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 13, 29.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	FS	PMHS
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	The Flourishing Scale (FS) is an 8-item measure of human flourishing developed by Diener and colleagues in 2010. It assesses psychological well-being across core dimensions including purpose, social connection, competence, and engagement. The scale operationalizes Aristotle's concept of eudaimonia—the realization of human potential—and provides researchers with a brief, validated tool for quantifying overall psychological flourishing independent of life satisfaction or mood.	The Positive Mental Health Scale (PMHS) is a brief instrument developed to measure mental well-being by assessing the presence of positive mental health dimensions rather than the absence of disorder. Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, the PMHS operationalizes mental health as an active state characterized by personal strengths, resilience, coping capacity, and positive functioning. It represents a paradigm shift toward strength-based mental health assessment, viewing mental health and mental illness as distinct continua rather than opposite ends of a single spectrum.