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In recent years, however, scholars in positive psychology have suggested that this may ignore the impact of individuals\u2019 positive psychological qualities, such as well-being. \u201cFlourishing\u201d is a novel concept in the field of well-being. This adds to psychological well-being based on traditional social and subjective well-being. However, limited research has focused on the flourishing of older Chinese community-dwelling adults from the perspective of positive psychology. Therefore, this study explored the status and factors influencing flourishing among older Chinese community-dwelling adults.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 518 community-dwelling older adults living in Chengdu between January 2022 and March 2022 were included in this study through a cross-sectional survey. Participants completed the General Condition Questionnaire and the Flourishing Scale. The data were collected and recorded in a database using a two-person input format. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS Windows software version 26.0. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to identify the factors influencing flourishing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean score of the flourishing scale among Chinese community-dwelling older adults was 40.8 <jats:inline-formula><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mo>\u00b1<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math><\/jats:inline-formula> 8.8. Univariate analysis showed that economic condition, education level, spousal state, social participation, daily exercise, and chronic disease were significantly associated with flourishing among community-dwelling older adults. In contrast, gender, place of residence, and living state were not. Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that economic condition (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.338, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), education level (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.300, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), spousal state (\u03b2\u202f=\u202f\u22120.291, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.008), social participation (\u03b2\u202f=\u202f\u22120.286, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.013), daily exercise (\u03b2\u202f=\u202f\u22120.407, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and chronic disease (\u03b2\u202f=\u202f0.313, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.002) were significant influence factors of flourishing among community-dwelling older adults.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study is one of the first to explore the growth of community-dwelling older adults in China. The findings of this study make essential contributions to existing research on well-being. Interventions targeting older adults with poor economic conditions, lower educational levels, chronic diseases, limited social participation, and widowed or living alone are necessary.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2024.1435456","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,20]],"date-time":"2025-01-20T04:11:15Z","timestamp":1737346275000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Sociodemographic predictors of flourishing among community older adults in China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Xin","family":"Yi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoyun","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoqun","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gang","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yujie","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chenhao","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hangqin","family":"Lv","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yingchun","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuang","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-0-12-394420-7.00003-5","article-title":"Cultural models of health and illness","volume-title":"Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health","author":"Angel","year":"2013"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"397","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jvb.2013.06.008","article-title":"Weekly work engagement and flourishing: the role of hindrance and challenge job demands","volume":"83","author":"Bakker","year":"2013","journal-title":"J. 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