WHO-5 Well-Being Index.
Current (past-two-weeks) subjective psychological well-being - positive mood, vitality, interest/engagement and restful sleep; unidimensional.
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- 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
- 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.
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