title: [The Flourishing Scale (FS) by Diener et al. is now available in an authorized German version (FS-D): application in mind-body medicine].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Flourishing Scale (FS) of Ed Diener et al. was translated into German, tested, and validated for the first time in a German-speaking population, as part of an interventional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The FS is a short 8-item questionnaire. Items were constructed from various areas that describe subjective psychological wellbeing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The German version of FS (FS-D) proved to be a stable, reliable, and valid measuring tool for psychological flourishing in patients of a mind-body medical outpatient clinic. Basic parameters of the original scale could be verified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Additionally, relations between flourishing, mindfulness, sense of coherence, and health-related quality of life (as well as mind-body medicine) are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Integrative Gesundheitsförderung, Hochschule Coburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Esch
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jose
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gimpel
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: von Scheidt
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michalsen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D011580:Psychological Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*