Associations between lifestyle behaviours and optimal wellbeing in a diverse sample of New Zealand adults

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Proportion of the sample meeting the criteria for optimal wellbeing (n = 9514)

Wellbeing features	n	%
Optimal wellbeing	2303	24
Positive emotion	3917	41
Positive characteristics (total meeting 4 of 5 features)	4219	44
Vitality	3712	39
Optimism	5918	62
Resilience	4357	46
Self-esteem	6431	68
Emotional stability	8414	88
Positive functioning (total meeting 3 of 4 features)	5103	54
Meaning	6801	72
Positive relationships	6488	68
Engagement	4210	44
Competence	5499	58

Optimal wellbeing was calculated as meeting thresholds for a) positive emotion and; b) four out of five features of positive characteristics – vitality, optimism, resilience, self-esteem, emotional stability and; c) three out of four features of positive functioning – meaning, positive relationships, engagement, competence [5, 24]

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