Tammi R A Kral, Pelin Kesebir, Liz Redford, Cortland J Dahl, Christine D Wilson-Mendenhall, Matthew J Hirshberg, Richard J Davidson, Raquel Tatar
We developed a self-report measure of psychological well-being for teens and adults, the Healthy Minds Index, based on a novel theory that four trainable pillars underlie well-being: awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. Ninety-seven items were developed and revised by experts and guided by qualitative testing with teens (n = 32; average age = 16.0 years). After assessing the internal validity and factor structure in teens (n = 1607; average age = 16.7 years) and adults (n = 420; average age = 45.6 years), we reduced the survey to 17 items...
2024: PloS One