WHO-5 Well-Being Index.

WHO-5

What it measures

Current (past-two-weeks) subjective psychological well-being - positive mood, vitality, interest/engagement and restful sleep; unidimensional.

Length and format

5 items. 6-pt frequency (0 at no time - 5 all of the time, past 2 weeks); raw 0-25, multiplied by 4 for a 0-100 score (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into 30+ (by some counts 30+ to 30+) languages with official WHO-coordinated versions; one of the most translated well-being measures

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

public-domain / open

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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.