Measuring positive mental health in Canada: construct validation of the Mental Health Continuum—Short Form
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Measuring positive mental health in Canada: construct validation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form.
INTRODUCTION Positive mental health is increasingly recognized as an important focus for public health policies and programs. In Canada, the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) was identified as a promising measure to include on population surveys to measure positive mental health. It proposes to measure a three-factor model of positive mental health including emotional, social and psyc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2368-738X
DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.37.4.03