WHO-5 Well-Being Index.

WHO-5

What it measures

Current subjective psychological wellbeing (positive mood, vitality, general interest) over the past 2 weeks

Length and format

5 items. 6-point frequency (0 = at no time to 5 = all of the time); raw 0-25 x4 = 0-100 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

30+ languages (official translations curated by the WHO Collaborating Centre, Copenhagen)

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

open with attribution

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Reference

Topp, C. W., Ostergaard, S. D., Sondergaard, S., & Bech, P. (2015). The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: a systematic review of the literature. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 84(3), 167-176.