Measure
WHO-5 Well-being Index
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Measuring adolescents’ mental well-being through their recent experiences, the WHO-5 Well-being Index explores positive moods, vitality, and general interests without fixating on symptomatic language. It serves not only as a reflective measure of mental well-being but also as a potential screening tool for identifying depressive symptoms.
Definition
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Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (2023), Data browser (findings from the 2021/22 international HBSC survey): https://data-browser.hbsc.org.
Related report
A focus on adolescent mental health and wellbeing in Europe, central Asia and Canada
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Cosma A, Abdrakhmanova S, Taut D, Schrijvers K, Catunda C, Schnohr C. A focus on adolescent mental health and wellbeing in Europe, central Asia and Canada. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children international report from the 2021/2022 survey. Volume 1. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2023. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
