Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF).

By Sanne M. A. Lamers, Gerben J. Westerhof, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer, P. T. ten Klooster, Corey Keyes. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2011

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Ernst T. Bohlmeijer
2. Gerben J. Westerhof
3. Rafael A. Calvo
4. Dorian Peters
5. Sanne M. A. Lamers
6. Mohsen Joshanloo
7. Z. Papinczak
8. E. Muir‐Cochrane

In Health

1. Ernst T. Bohlmeijer
2. Gerben J. Westerhof
3. Sanne M. A. Lamers
4. Mohsen Joshanloo
5. V. Kovacs
6. Z. Papinczak
7. E. Muir‐Cochrane
8. F. Smit

In Social Psychology

1. Mohsen Joshanloo
2. Ernst T. Bohlmeijer
3. Gerben J. Westerhof
4. Sanne M. A. Lamers
5. Rafael A. Calvo
6. Dorian Peters
7. V. Kovacs
8. E. Muir‐Cochrane

Citations in the corpus

• Young people's uses of music for well-being (2015, methodology): “Research has established the criterion validity of the MHC-SF with other measures of well-being (Lamers et al. 2010).”
• Mental Health and/or Mental Illness: A Scoping Review of the Evidence and Implications of the Dual-Continua Model of Mental Health (2020, methodology): “Measurement of positive mental health or flourishing was most commonly conducted using the Satisfaction with Life Scale (n = 21) or the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form (MHC-SF) (n = 23), administered in a range of languages including English, Dutch, Setswana, Polish, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese”
• Measuring flourishing: The impact of operational definitions on the prevalence of high levels of wellbeing (2014, methodology): “Lamers and colleagues reported the MHC-SF’s testretest reliability at four time points over nine months using item response theory (Lamers et al., 2011).”
• The bidirectional relation between positive mental health and psychopathology in a longitudinal representative panel study (2015, methodology): “The Dutch version of the MHC-SF has shown good psychometric properties (Lamers et al., 2011) and stability in the item parameters over time (Lamers, Glas, Westerhof, & Bohlmeijer, 2012).”
• Revisiting the Empirical Distinction Between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Aspects of Well-Being Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (2016, background): “Factor analytic studies in various cultures, including the USA, have supported the tripartite model of mental well-being (e.g., Gallagher et al. 2009; Joshanloo et al. 2006; Joshanloo et al. 2013; Karaś et al. 2014; Keyes et al. 2008; Lamers et al. 2011; Robitschek and Keyes 2009).”
• Differential relationships in the association of the Big Five personality traits with positive mental health and psychopathology (2012, positive): “The Dutch version of the MHC-SF has shown good psychometric properties (Lamers et al., 2011) and stability over time (Lamers, Glas, Westerhof, & Bohlmeijer, in press).”
• Toward a new definition of mental health (2015, background): “In spite of this, mental health has been often conceptualized as a purely positive affect, marked by feelings of happiness and sense of mastery over the environment (2-4).”