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H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER FOR WORK, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING  \nTHRIVING FROM WORK QUESTIONNAIRE  \nSCORING GUIDE  \nTHRIVING FROM WORK QUESTIONNAIRE  \nSCORING GUIDE  \nThis guide should be used in conjunction with the Thriving from Work Questionnaire User Manual.  \nDaniel A. Gundersen, PhD Susan E. Peters, PhD Stephanie M. Neidlinger Gregory R. Wagner, MD  \nCorrespondence: [sepeters@hsph.harvard.edu](sepeters@hsph.harvard.edu)  \n© 2023 Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health, and Well-being. All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Center for Work, Health, and Well-being.  \nAcknowledgements  \nThe Thriving from Work Questionnaire Scoring Guide was developed by the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health, and Well-being with funding from:  \n National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH), Grant Number U19 OH008861  \n Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Lee Kum S heung Center for Health and Happiness Innovations in Public Health Grant  \n National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH), Grant Number T42 OH008416 from the Harvard Education and Research Center  \nThe contents ofthis Scoring Guide are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies. This document may be revised as new research is conducted and our knowledge of the utility and psychometric properties of the questionnaires increases.  \nWe are grateful to the panel of international experts who contributed to the conceptualization and development of the questionnaires. We are especially grateful to the workers who contributed to the testing of the instruments, and the many people who provided input on both the questionnaires and this scoring guide.  \nSuggested Citation  \nGundersen DA, Peters SE, Neidlinger SM, Wagner GR. (2024) . Thriving from Work Questionnaire Scoring Guide. Version 1. Last Updated May 2025. Available from:  \n[https://centerforworkhealth.sph.harvard.edu/resources/thriving-work](https://centerforworkhealth.sph.harvard.edu/resources/thriving-work)questionnaire  \nLast updated: May 2025  \nii  \n\n| Table of Contents |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Background | 1 |\n| Summed Scoring Approach | 2 |\n| T-scoring Approach | 3 |\n| IRT Model-based Scoring Approach | 5 |\n| Appendix A: T-scores | 6 |\n| Appendix B: R-code for IRT Model-based Scoring | 10 |\n| Publications and Resources | 11 |\n\n2023 Harvard Center for Work, Health, and Well-being, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health  \n1. Background  \nThe Thriving from Work Questionnaire was developed in 2016 to measure worker well-being. There is currently a short-form (8 item) and a long-form (30 item) version of the questionnaire. This scoring guide accompanies the Thriving from Work Questionnaire User Manual. To date, the  \nThriving from Work Questionnaire has been translated and validated in populations of workers in the U.S., Peru, Mexico, and Germany. This guide was developed to assist both researchers and practitioners in scoring the Thriving from Work Questionnaire using some common approaches.  \nThere are a variety of scoring options one may use with the Thriving from Work Questionnaire. The pros and cons of different scoring approaches depend on the goals of the use of the instrument and the context in which the data are collected. We therefore provide technical guidance for multiple scoring options that are available to users of the instrument in different situations.  \nTable 1: Summary of Scoring Approaches for the Thriving from Work Questionnaire  \n\n| Approach | Brief Description | Utility |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Summed\u003Cbr>Scoring | This is the sum of each of the items in either the short or long form which provides a conti","cbCaitSjCmAws82d","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitSjCmAws82d","pdf",933085,16,"English","# Background\n# Summed Scoring Approach\n## Scoring steps and missing data guidance\n# T-scoring Approach\n# IRT Model-based Scoring Approach\n# Appendix A: T-scores\n# Appendix B: R-code for IRT Model-based Scoring\n# Publications and Resources","[{\"question\":\"What scoring approaches are provided for the Thriving from Work Questionnaire?\",\"answer\":\"The guide covers three approaches: summed scoring, T-scoring, and IRT model-based scoring. 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