Mental Health Inventory-5.
MHI-5
- What it measures
- General mental health (psychological distress and wellbeing): anxiety, depression, loss of behavioral/emotional control, and positive affect.
- Length and format
- 5 (derived from the 38-item MHI; 18-item MHI-18 also exists). 6-point frequency rating (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- 30+ languages (carried within the SF-36/SF-12/RAND family) incl. ES, FR, DE, NL, ZH
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Veit, C. T., & Ware, J. E. (1983). The structure of psychological distress and well-being in general populations. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51(5), 730-742. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.51.5.730
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