Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF)


What kinds of mental health experiences are people having?

The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a 14-question measure of mental health over the past month. The questions measure four variables including emotional mental health, psychological mental health, social mental health, and total mental health. This survey can be used to explore relationships between different types of mental health and variables like where people live, stress, and working memory. Past research suggests that personality relates to mental health such that people who report greater extraversion, openness, agreeableness, or conscientiousness also report greater mental health (Kocjan et al., 2021).

Resources:
  • Lamers, S. M., Westerhof, G. J., Bohlmeijer, E. T., ten Klooster, P. M., & Keyes, C. L. (2011). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the mental health continuum‐short form (MHC‐SF). Journal of clinical psychology, 67(1), 99-110.
  • Kocjan, G. Z., Kavčič, T., & Avsec, A. (2021). Resilience matters: Explaining the association between personality and psychological functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 21(1), 100198.

Parameters
  • Language (American English, Español, Français)
Disclaimer
The following languages that are currently offered for this survey are not validated translations. This survey was translated using Google Translate and verified by members of the community.


What data is collected? How is it scored?
The following variables are recorded:
  • MHC_SF_emotional_mental_health: Higher scores mean participants are experiencing more happiness and pleasant emotions.
  • MHC_SF_psychological_mental_health: Higher scores mean that participants are experiencing more self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, autonomy, and environmental mastery.
  • MHC_SF_social_mental_health: Higher scores mean participants are experiencing more social integration, social coherence, social actualization, and social acceptance.
  • MHC_SF_total_mental_health: Higher scores mean participants are experiencing more mental health overall.
Raw data: 14 questions broken into 4 variables (emotional mental health, psychological mental health, social mental health, and total mental health). Each variable's score ranges from 1-6.

Calculation:
Subscores are determined by averaging the scores of the questions in each variable. The Likert scale ranges from 1 ("never") to 6 ("every day"), so the averages of the scores will also range from 1-6.

  • MHC_SF_emotional_mental_health: Average of questions 1-3
  • MHC_SF_psychological_mental_health: Average of questions 9-14
  • MHC_SF_social_mental_health: Average of questions 4-8
  • MHC_SF_total_mental_health: Average of all questions

Background

In this survey, you are asked about your mental health during the past month.

Parameters

The following features of this survey can be tweaked:

* Default values are shown (can clone survey and modify these)

Choose which language the survey should be displayed in:

english

What participants see before taking the survey

In this survey, you are asked about your mental health during the past month.

What participants see after taking the survey

This survey can be used to explore relationships between different types of mental health and variables like where people live, stress, and working memory. Past research suggests that personality relates to mental health such that people who report greater extraversion, openness, agreeableness, or conscientiousness also report greater mental health (Kocjan et al., 2021).

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Aggregate Variables

These data are automatically written to a csv file upon completion of the survey

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Measures psychological well-being

  • MHC_SF_emotional_mental_health:
  • MHC_SF_psychological_mental_health:
  • MHC_SF_social_mental_health:
  • MHC_SF_total_mental_health:

Scoring

Subscores are determined by averaging the scores of the questions in each variable. The Likert scale ranges from 1 ("never") to 6 ("every day"), so the averages of the scores will also range from 1-6.

Format

This is a Likert scale survey.

Duration

3-5 mins

Resources

  • Lamers, S. M., Westerhof, G. J., Bohlmeijer, E. T., ten Klooster, P. M., & Keyes, C. L. (2011). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the mental health continuum‐short form (MHC‐SF). Journal of clinical psychology, 67(1), 99-110.
  • Kocjan, G. Z., Kavčič, T., & Avsec, A. (2021). Resilience matters: Explaining the association between personality and psychological functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 21(1), 100198.

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