Developement and validation of flourishing questionnaire based on seligman s model among Iranian university studentsP. 3-12 Persian Abstract

Human flourishing is an issue that has occupied the mind of thinkers for centuries and recently has interested positive psychologist’s attention. Because there is no any valid questionnaire based on Seligman s model so far, the aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire to measure human s flourishing based on Seligman s model. Therefore, an initial questionnaire with 65 items was prepared. The studied population consisted all university students. At the initial stage, a participant of 50 participants was selected to assess the reliability, and at the second stage a participant of 400 participants was selected to examine the psychometric properties of the tool. According to the results of factor analysis, 28 items positively correlated with the whole test and at least had a factor loading of 0.35 or over were selected for the final questionnaire. The 28-items questionnaire consisted of a four-factor structure including positive emotions, relationships, meanings and achievements. Convergent validity of the Human Flourishing Questionnaire (HFQ) was examined and confirmed through concurrent implementation of this questionnaire with Ahvaz Self-actualization Questionnaire and Diener’s Flourishing Questionnaire and its divergent validity was examined through concurrent implementation of this questionnaire with Beck s Depression Inventory. In addition, the reliability of the HFQ questionnaire using Cronbach s alpha showed that HFQ has satisfactory reliability coefficients and can be used in psychological studies to measure flourishing in students.