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Part two of this paper estimated flourishing prevalence rates among 10,009 adult New Zealanders, according to replications of each of the four frequently used operationalizations of flourishing identified in part one, using the SWI variables and dataset. Results indicated there was a substantial difference in prevalence rates of flourishing depending upon the operationalization employed, from 24% (Huppert & So), to 39% (Keyes), 41% (Diener et al.), and 47% (Seligman et al.). The low prevalence rate of flourishing from the SWI replication of Huppert and So’s conceptualisation (24%) most likely reflects their more stringent theoretical and conceptual criteria for flourishing: to be categorised as flourishing participants are required to endorse the one item representing positive emotion (which only 41% of the sample did), plus three out of four components of ‘positive functioning’, and four out of five components of ‘positive characteristics’; thereby allowing participants to score below the thresholds on only two out of ten items. In contrast, participants could score below the thresholds on six out of 13 components in the SWI replication of Keyes’ operationalization, or seven out 15 items in the SWI replication of Seligman et al.’s operationalization, and still be categorised as flourishing. In only requiring an average score of 48 and above, our interpretation of Diener et al.’s operationalization also allowed greater flexibility across components than our interpretation of Huppert and So’s operationalization. (This is the most striking difference between these four operationalizations, and the cause of the variation in prevalence rates.) It is important to note that the use of different response formats in the SWI survey meant that some of the variation in prevalence rates between our study and previous studies might be due to the use of different thresholds, making for potentially inaccurate international comparisons. For example, New Zealand’s 24% flourishing according to our replication of Huppert and So’s model may not be directly comparable to the Danes’ 41% flourishing or Portugal’s 10% flourishing diagnosed using the same model (Huppert & So, 2013). However, by applying consistent methodology for selecting thresholds across all four models in our study, we are confident that the flourishing prevalence rates according to the four different models are comparable with each other in our study. While related samples Cochrane’s Q tests indicated all four operationalizations were significantly different to one another, cross tabulation analysis revealed a strong agreement between our replications of Keyes’ and Seligman et al.’s operationalizations (81%) and Diener et al. and Seligman et al.’s (80%). Even the least comparable operationalizations (Huppert and So and Seligman et al.) indicated moderate agreement (74%). In the absence of an established empirical benchmark stating what degree of agreement is meaningful, or indeed any criterion for interpreting what these levels of agreement mean, it is hard to draw any concrete conclusions from these findings. The strengths and unique contributions of this study include the application of the four operational definitions to a very large, nationally representative, sample of adults, which allows our results to be compared to other population samples; the prospective nature of the SWI, with two more longitudinal rounds scheduled over the next four years, allowing us to monitor the prevalence of flourishing among New Zealand adults over time using all four operationalizations; and the use of cross-tabulation and pairwise Cochrane’s Q tests allowing us to calculate, for the first time, the degree of agreement between the SWI replications of the different measures commonly employed to assess flourishing. In terms of limitations, we experienced challenges in accurately replicating three of the four operationalizations of flourishing using the available dataset (the FS was replicated exactly). While the SWI’s large number of wellbeing variables (n = 87) presented us with a compelling four models in our study, we are confident that the flourishing prevalence rates according to the four different models are comparable with each other in our study. While related samples Cochrane’s Q tests indicated all four operationalizations were significantly different to one another, cross tabulation analysis revealed a strong agreement between our replications of Keyes’ and Seligman et al.’s operationalizations (81%) and Diener et al. and Seligman et al.’s (80%). Even the least comparable operationalizations (Huppert and So and Seligman et al.) indicated moderate agreement (74%). In the absence of an established empirical benchmark stating what degree of agreement is meaningful, or indeed any criterion for interpreting what these levels of agreement mean, it is hard to draw any concrete conclusions from these findings. The strengths and unique contributions of this study include the application of the four operational definitions to a very large, nationally representative, sample of adults, which allows our results to be compared to other population samples; the prospective nature of the SWI, with two more longitudinal rounds scheduled over the next four years, allowing us to monitor the prevalence of flourishing among New Zealand adults over time using all four operationalizations; and the use of cross-tabulation and pairwise Cochrane’s Q tests allowing us to calculate, for the first time, the degree of agreement between the SWI replications of the different measures commonly employed to assess flourishing. In terms of limitations, we experienced challenges in accurately replicating three of the four operationalizations maju menggunakan dataset tersedia (FS adalah direplikasi persis). Sementara SWI jumlah variabel kesejahteraan (n = 87) disajikan kita dengan kesempatan menarik untuk membandingkan operationalizations ini, kami mengakui bahwa kecocokan itu tidak sempurna. Perbedaan dalam respon format dan kuesioner diperlukan kita membuat keputusan subjektif mengenai cara terbaik untuk mereplikasi model asli. Tantangannya adalah untuk tetap setia teori dan konseptualisasi model asli, namun juga tetap konsisten dalam metodologi kami di seluruh model. Kami menawarkan empat contoh berikut dari jenis tantangan kami menghadapi, dan metode kami untuk mengatasi mereka. Pertama, tidak adanya diagnosis setiap kategoris subur untuk berkembang skala atau PERMA-P diperlukan kita untuk merancang metode kita sendiri. Kita dibimbing oleh Keyes, dan Huppert dan Jadi, dalam metodologi kami. Ini berarti memilih ambang batas untuk berkembang di FS yang diperbolehkan dukungan dari sebagian besar, tapi tidak semua, dari skala delapan komponen (Partitur ≥ 48, kisaran 7-56, berarti responden harus rata-rata enam pada Skala Likert 7 titik). Menjadi dikategorikan sebagai berkembang di replikasi SWI peserta PERMA-P diperlukan untuk Skor di atas ambang batas pada dua dari tiga item dari setiap komponen, dan empat dari lima komponen secara keseluruhan. Sementara kita mengakui keterbatasan dalam pendekatan kami, dan mengakui PERMA-P research team’s preference for dashboard reporting, categorical diagnoses of flourishing provide vital information for decision makers. Secondly, the various items selected and response formats used in the SWI frequently differed from those in the original scales. For instance, while the response option for the MHC-SF measured the frequency with which respondents experienced each component over the past month, several items in the SWI asked respondents “how much of the time during the past week” or “how much of the time would you generally say…”. Where possible we used the same items as the original scale, but some could not be matched to an SWI variable (such as ‘social coherence’), which meant this component had to be excluded from our analysis. Others were matched, but not perfectly so, leaving us having to choose the item which came closest to representing the original construct. Some of these were far from ideal. For instance, the MHC-SF item for ‘social growth’ (“during the past month, how often did you feel our society is a good place, or is becoming a better place for all people?”) was operationalized using the reverse-scored SWI item “For most people in New Zealand life is getting worse rather than better”. Similarly, Keyes’ ‘social contribution’ item assesses respondents’ contribution at a societal level, while the SWI item has a greater focus on the individual. The MHC-SF’s ‘social integration’ item concerning belonging to a community could be interpreted to refer to any type of group or community, in contrast to the SWI item we were forced to use, which reflects respondents’ perceptions of people in their local area. In this sense we cannot claim to have replicated Keyes’ validated scale completely. The SWI items selected to match the PERMA-P were also not a perfect replication, but we were at least able to include three different items for each PERMA construct, allowing us to represent the original scale well in this regard. Despite these obvious limitations, we maintain that having such a large number of wellbeing variables in the SWI, a large representative sample, and the FS and ESS models represented in their entirety, made comparison of the four models a worthwhile exercise. Thirdly, the greatest single challenge involved the decision making around the selection of thresholds differentiating between participants endorsing a component of flourishing and those not endorsing a component. Recently published OECD guidelines on measuring
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