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Description: The purpose of this study is to explore the validity of a new measure of wellbeing created by the PI. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), determining an individual's wellbeing is a global judgement of life satisfaction. Wellbeing encompasses good living conditions such as housing and employment, quality of relationships, emotional state, resilience, and realization of potential (https://www.cdc.gov). There are several valid and reliable scales currently in use such as the Psychological Wellbeing Scale (Ryff & Keyes, 1995), the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (Tennant, et. al., 2007), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, et. al., 1985). These scales, however, are often unidimensional or bidimensional in nature, focused on psychological, psychosocial, emotional, or mental wellbeing, and are unable to capture the complex and multidimensional construct of comprehensive, overall wellbeing. This new inventory, called the Multidimensional Wellbeing Scale, explores wellbeing through use of 8 dimensions: psychological/intellectual, physical, emotional/mental, life satisfaction/meaning, spiritual/holistic, occupational, financial, and social/environmental.