Measuring well‐being rather than the absence of distress symptoms: a comparison of the SF‐36 Mental Health subscale and the WHO‐Five well‐being scale

By P. Bech, L. R. Olsen, M. Kjøller, N. Rasmussen. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2003

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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In General Health Professions

1. T. Clausen
2. Ola Sjöberg
3. M. F. Andersen
4. I. Madsen
5. T. Theorell
6. L. R. M. Pedersen
7. Sonia Oreffice
8. C. Quintana‐Domeque

In Health

1. Ola Sjöberg

In Social Psychology

1. Thomas Probst
2. Sanja Budimir
3. T. Clausen
4. Ola Sjöberg
5. M. F. Andersen
6. C. Pieh
7. I. Madsen
8. T. Theorell

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• Social Insurance as a Collective Resource: Unemployment Benefits, Job Insecurity and Subjective Well-being in a Comparative Perspective (2010, background): “…of subjective well-being: the main focus will be upon the so-called WHO-5 scale which consists of five items assessing positive mood, vitality and general interest over the past two weeks (for a description of the WHO-5 scale and its validity, see Bech et al. 2003; Bech 2004; Henkel et al. 2003).”
• The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Mental Health: Evidence from the US (2020, methodology): “…mental health, we administer the WHO 5-question module.4 This module has been validated and used in a variety of different contexts (see, e.g., Bech et al. 2003; Krieger et al. 2014; Downs et al. 2017).5 An overall mental health score is obtained by summing answers to the 5 questions, with a…”
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