Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF, Keyes)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: alpha 0.893 sample items
About this scale
A 14-item measure of three components of positive mental health: emotional well-being (3), social well-being (5), and psychological well-being (6). Operationalizes Keyes's flourishing/languishing model.
Sample item(s)
“Happy (emotional)”
“That you had something important to contribute to society (social)”
“That your life has a sense of direction or meaning (psychological)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.89. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Keyes, C. L. M. (2009): The Mental Health Continuum—Short Form (MHC-SF). Atlanta: Emory University.
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