Can the 12-item General Health Questionnaire be used to measure positive mental health?
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Can the 12-item General Health Questionnaire be used to measure positive mental health?
BACKGROUND Well-being is an important determinant of health and social outcomes. Measures of positive mental health states are needed for population-based research. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) has been widely used in many settings and languages, and includes positively and negatively worded items. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that the GHQ-12 assesses both positive an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291707009993