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. 2015 Mar 26;10(3):e0121839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121839

Table 1. Confirmation Study Sample Characteristics.

A. Mean (SD) or % r (p-value) with Hedonic well-being 1 r (p-value) with Eudaimonic well-being 1 r (p-value) with Psychological well-being 1 r (p-value) with Social well-being 1 r (p-value) with Total MHC-SF well-being 1 r (p-value) with categorical Flourishing 2
Age (Years) 48.4 (8.8) +.15 (.1036) +.18 (.0426) +.15 (.0919) +.20 (.0277) +.18 (.0420) +.22 (.0135)
Sex (Female) 60.0% +.03 (.7170) +.11 (.2328) +.13 (.1433) +.07 (.5366) +.10 (.2876) +.06 (.5366)
Race/ethnicity 1 +.13 (.5614) +.09 (.8034) +.05 (.9530) +.13 (.5904) +.09 (.8034) n/a
 White 76.1%
 Black 15.4%
 Hispanic 2.6%
 Asian 6.0%
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 27.4 (6.2) +.04 (.6357) +.02 (.8268) +.03 (.7152) +.00 (.9857) +.02 (.7731) +.04 (.6256)
Smoking history (yes/no) 3.3% +.11 (.2467) +.06 (.5090) +.09 (.3110) +.02 (.8634) +.07 (.4203) +.00 (.9999)
Alcohol history (yes/no) 74.6% -.15 (.1056) -.03 (.7086) -.05 (.5967) -.01 (.8845) -.06 (.4998) +.02 (.8369)
Illness symptoms (0–8 scale 3 ) 1.05 (0.9) -.15 (.0940) -.12 (.1794) -.09 (.3044) -.14 (.1171) -.13 (.1383) -.13 (.1645)
Depressive symptoms (0–60 scale 4 ) 12.5 (9.4) -.53 (<. 0001) -.52 (<. 0001) -.53 (<. 0001) -.44 (<. 0001) -.54 (<. 0001) -.35 (<. 0001)
B. Hedonic well-being 5 Eudaimonic well-being 5 Psychological well-being 5 Social well-being 5 Total MHC-SF well-being 5 Categorical Flourishing 2
Scale mean (SD) or % prevalence 3.63 (1.08) 3.08 (1.06) 3.40 (1.11) 2.70 (1.14) 3.20 (1.02) 50%
Reliability (Cronbach α) +.87 +.92 +.89 +.82 +.93 n/a

1. Simple (unadjusted) association with well-being: r point estimate or ANOVA effect size r (p-value).

2. Flourishing: ≥ 1 of 3 hedonic well-being signs and ≥ 6 of 11 eudaimonic well-being signs experienced “5–6 times a week” or “every day”.

3. Frequency of 13 minor illness symptoms over the past 2 weeks, scaled from 0 = not at all to 8 = very frequently.

4. CES-D

5. MHC-SF well-being scores scale from 0 = “never” to 5 = “every day”