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flourishing

flourishing Flourishing is a multidimensional state of psychological well-being marked by active positive functioning, not just the absence of mental health problems.

Flourishing is a multidimensional state of psychological well-being marked by active positive functioning, not just the absence of mental health problems. It involves strengths across emotional, cognitive, social, and existential aspects of life and can develop in different ways across the lifespan.

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Drafting source: Meiping Wang; Akhter Shamim; Tan Mengqiu. Understanding psychological flourishing across the lifespan: an integrative review of theory and evidence. 2026; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1815314; article XML SHA-256 d80804014e84ea41b9cd246a42974941e313167494333f4868bfb202716c7869. “Understanding psychological flourishing across the lifespan: an integrative review of theory and evidence” (10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1815314).
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