Inventory of Thriving (CIT & BIT)
Permissions to use scales
The Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) are copyrighted by Ed Diener, Rong Su, and Louis Tay. Permission to use the scales is granted for free to all researchers if the scales are used for noncommercial purposes. Appropriate credit should be given to the authors of the scale:
Su, R., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2014). The development and validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 6(3), 251-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12027
Wiese, C. W., Tay, L., Su, R., & Diener, E. (2018). Measuring thriving across nations: Examining the measurement equivalence of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 10(1), 127-148. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12119
CIT Full Instrument Scale PDF
CIT includes 18 subscales with 54 items in total, covering a broad range of well-being components.
CIT Full Instrument PDF
BIT Full Instrument Scale PDF
BIT has 10 items in total and can serve as an indicator of psychological well-being and a brief screening tool of mental health.
BIT Full Instrument PDF
About the Inventory of thriving (CIT & BIT)
Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) were developed with two specific goals: (1) to measure a broad range of psychological well-being constructs and represent a holistic view of positive functioning; and (2) to predict important health outcomes and are useful for researchers and health practitioners.
Translations
Translations of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving and Brief Inventory of Thriving into various languages are available.