Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
The MHC-SF is a scale measureing emotional wellbeing. The MHC-SF has been translated in various languages and has been evaluated psychometrically. The scale is relatively short, with 14 items. The scale was developed by Corey L. Keyes .
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Keyes, C.L.M. (2006). Mental health in adolescence: Is America’s youth flourishing? American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76 , 395–402. | Keyes, C. L. M., Wissing, M., Potgieter, J. P., Temane, M., Kruger, A., & van Rooy, S. (2008). Evaluation of the mental health continuum-short form (MHC-SF) in setswana-speaking south africans. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 15(3) , 181-192.
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