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The Global Flourishing Study (GFS), the most comprehensive empirical investigation of human flourishing ever undertaken, today made its first two waves of data publicly available through the Center for Open Science at no cost and without pre-registration. Researchers, journalists, policymakers and the public can now freely access the dataset on the Open Science Framework (OSF) website.
In a new study, Canadian adults aged 65 and older were more likely to have flourishing mental health if they were male, married, and reported having social support, important spiritual beliefs, and excellent health, among other characteristics. Daniyal Rahim of the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on April 8, 2026.