Flourishing

Flourishing is an area of study in the field of positive psychology. Flourishing has been defined as: “to live within an optimal range of human functioning, one that connotes goodness, generativity, growth, and resilience.” Flourishing is the opposite of both pathology and languishing, which are described as living a life that feels both hollow and empty.

Flourishing is a concept, which measures overall life well-being and is viewed as important to the idea of happiness. Many components and concepts contribute to the overall concept of flourishing and the benefits of a life that can be characterized as flourishing. It exists as an umbrella concept because it includes and incorporates many other concepts in the positive psychology field such as cultivating strengths, subjective well-being, positive work spaces, etc.

Hungary:
A team of younger scholars, Tamás Martos ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and Máté Szondy ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) are involved in international projects like the International Well-being Study (www.wellbeingstudy.com), and the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation project.