Authors
Tyler J. Vanderweele, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Byron R. Johnson, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Piotr T. Bialowolski, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland
Rebecca Bonhag, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Matt Bradshaw, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Thomas Breedlove, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Brendan Case, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Ying Chen, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Zhuo Job Chen, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Victor Counted, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Richard G. Cowden, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Pedro Antonio de la Rosa, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Chris Felton, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Alex Fogleman, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Cristina Gibson, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA
Nikolitsa Grigoropoulou, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Craig Gundersen, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Sung Joon Jang, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Kathryn A. Johnson, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Blake Victor Kent, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Eric S. Kim, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Young-Il Kim, George Fox University, Newberg, OR, USA
Hayami K. Koga, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Matthew T. Lee, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Noémie Le Pertel, Institute for Global Flourishing, New York, NY, USA
Tim Lomas, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Katelyn N.G. Long, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Lucía Macchia, City University of London, London, UK
Christos A. Makridis, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Lesley Markham, Center for Open Science, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Julia S. Nakamura, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nicholas Norman-Krause, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA
Chukwuemeka N. Okafor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Sakurako S. Okuzono, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Suzanne T. Ouyang, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
R. Noah Padgett, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Jason Paltzer, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Wauwatosa, WI, USA
James L. Ritchie-Dunham, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Zacc Ritter, Gallup, Washington, DC, USA
Koichiro Shiba, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Rajesh Srinivasan, Gallup, Washington, DC, USA
John Ssozi, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland
Renae Wilkinson, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Robert D. Woodberry, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Jennifer Wortham, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
George Yancey, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Abstract
The Global Flourishing Study is a longitudinal panel study of over 200,000 participants in 22 geographically and culturally diverse countries, spanning all six populated continents, with nationally representative sampling and intended annual survey data collection for 5 years to assess numerous aspects of flourishing and its possible determinants. The study is intended to expand our knowledge of the distribution and determinants of flourishing around the world. Relations between a composite flourishing index and numerous demographic characteristics are reported. Participants were also surveyed about their childhood experiences, which were analyzed to determine their associations with subsequent adult flourishing. Analyses are presented both across and within countries, and discussion is given as to how the demographic and childhood relationships vary by country and which patterns appear to be universal versus culturally specific. Brief comment is also given on the results of a whole series of papers in the Global Flourishing Study Special Collection, employing similar analyses, but with more-specific aspects of well-being. The Global Flourishing Study expands our knowledge of the distribution and determinants of well-being and provides foundational knowledge for the promotion of societal flourishing.
Recommended Citation
Vanderweele, Tyler J.; Johnson, Byron R.; Bialowolski, Piotr T.; Bonhag, Rebecca; Bradshaw, Matt; Breedlove, Thomas; Case, Brendan; Chen, Ying; Chen, Zhuo Job; Counted, Victor; Cowden, Richard G.; de la Rosa, Pedro Antonio; Felton, Chris; Fogleman, Alex; Gibson, Cristina; Grigoropoulou, Nikolitsa; Gundersen, Craig; Jang, Sung Joon; Johnson, Kathryn A.; Kent, Blake Victor; Kim, Eric S.; Kim, Young-Il; Koga, Hayami K.; Lee, Matthew T.; Le Pertel, Noémie; Lomas, Tim; Long, Katelyn N.G.; Macchia, Lucía; Makridis, Christos A.; Markham, Lesley; Nakamura, Julia S.; Norman-Krause, Nicholas; Okafor, Chukwuemeka N.; Okuzono, Sakurako S.; Ouyang, Suzanne T.; Padgett, R. Noah; Paltzer, Jason; Ritchie-Dunham, James L.; Ritter, Zacc; Shiba, Koichiro; Srinivasan, Rajesh; Ssozi, John; Weziak-Bialowolska, Dorota; Wilkinson, Renae; Woodberry, Robert D.; Wortham, Jennifer; and Yancey, George, "The Global Flourishing Study: Study profile and initial results on flourishing" (2025). Faculty Publications - College of Social Work. 31.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/sw_fac/31
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Originally Published in:
Nature Mental Health, 30/04/2025
Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-025-00423-5