title: Flourishing in later life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Flourishing is a relatively new concept in positive psychology that considers hedonic and eudaimonic aspects of well-being. The current study aims to identify the prevalence and socio-demographic and health factors associated with flourishing among older Malaysians.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample for this study consisting of 2202 community-dwelling older Malaysians was obtained from a national survey entitled "Identifying Psychosocial and Identifying Economic Risk Factor of Cognitive Impairment among Elderly", conducted from May 2013 to April 2014. Data analyses were conducted using the IBM SPSS Version 22.0 and AMOS Version 22.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average age of the respondents was 69.05 (SD=6.24) years. Descriptive results showed that 50.1% of the respondents were flourishing in life, 36.3% were languishing, 8.4% were struggling, and 5.2% were floundering in life. The results of Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that gender, employment status, level of education, having living children, and chronic medical conditions are significantly associated with flourishing. However, age, marital status, living alone, and economic status did not have much impact on flourishing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the best of our knowledge, the current study is one of the first studies that conceptualizes and assesses flourishing among older adults in Malaysia. The findings from the present study make important contributions to the existing literature on well-being. It is suggested that health and social care professionals working with older adults adopt a comprehensive approach to identify and propel non-flourishing people toward flourishing in life.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Yadollah Abolfathi
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Momtaz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: aizan@upm.edu.my.
authors.forename: Tengku Aizan
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Resource Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Sharifah Azizah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Haron
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohamad Fazdillah
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bagat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Aged; Flourishing; Malaysia; Mental health; Well-being