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.