Construct and features | Item (Likert scale; anchors) | Threshold |
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Positive emotion (required) | ||
• Happiness | Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are? 0–10; extremely unhappy-extremely happy | ≥ 8 |
Positive characteristics (4 of 5 required) | ||
• Emotional stability | In the past week, I felt calm and peaceful 1–4; none or almost none of the time-all or almost all of the time | ≥ 2 |
• Vitality | During the past week, you had a lot of energy? 1–4; none or almost none of the time-all or almost all | ≥ 3 |
• Optimism | I am always optimistic about my future 1–5; strongly disagree-strongly agree | ≥ 4 |
• Resilience | When things go wrong in my life it generally takes me a long time to get back to normal 1–5; strongly disagree-strongly agree; reverse score | ≥ 4 |
• Self-esteem | In general, I feel very positive about myself 1–5; strongly disagree-strongly agree | ≥ 4 |
Positive functioning (3 of 4 required) | ||
• Engagement | To what extent do you learn new things in your life? 0–6; not at all-a great deal | ≥ 5 |
• Competence | Most days I feel a sense of accomplishment from what I do 1–5; strongly disagree-strongly agree | ≥ 4 |
• Meaning | I generally feel that what I do in my life is valuable and worthwhile 1–5; strongly disagree-strongly agree | ≥ 4 |
• Positive relationships | To what extent do you receive help and support from people you are close to when you need it? 0–6; not at all-completely | ≥ 4 |