Data from more than two dozen countries showed that higher levels of family connection may contribute to adolescent “flourishing,” according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Robert C. Whitaker, MD, MPH director of research at the Columbia-Bassett Program at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, New York, and colleagues defined flourishing as “eudaimonic well-being” measured by “self-acceptance, environmental mastery, positive relations with others, autonomy, personal growth, and purpose in life.”
“Defined this way, flourishing is a developmental