Cover
Introduction
Why Is Wellbeing Important in Schools?
What is Wellbeing?
Considerations: How Does Wellbeing Function in Life
A Measure Suited for Your School
Ethical Considerations
Necessary Permission
Implementation
Application of Data
Measures of Child Wellbeing
Gratitude Measures
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS)
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C)
EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-being
Six Seconds Youth Version (SEI-YV)
Measures of Child Wellbeing at School
Children’s Hope Scale
Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS)
Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS)
The Stirling Children's Well-being Scale (SCWBS)
Me and My Feelings (M&MF)
Me and My School Questionnaire (M&MS)
Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (SSWQ)
The Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) (Adapted)
Social Emotional Health Survey-Primary (SEHS-P)
The School Attitude Questionnaire
The PedsQL Measurement Model
Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S)
The Student Resilience Survey (SRS)
Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)
Flourishing at School Survey (FAS)
Measures of Adult Wellbeing
Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)
The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWL)
Contentment with Life Assessment Scale (CLAS)
Flourishing Scale (FS)
The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ)
Comprehensive and Brief Inventory of Thriving (CIT & BIT)
Mental Health Continuum Short and Long Form (MHC-SF)
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
The PERMA Profiler
Measures of Adult Wellbeing at Work
Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ)
Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS)
The Workplace PERMA-Profiler
Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS)
The Gallup Q12 Employee Engagement Questionnaire
The PERMAH Workplace Survey
Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ)
Maslach Burnout Inventory: Educator's Survey (MBI-ES)
Measures of Cultural Wellbeing
School Culture Triage Survey
My Class Inventory-Short Form (MCI-SF)
School-Level Environment Questionnaires (SLEQ)
The Omnibus T-Scale
My Class Inventory-Short Form for Teachers (TMCI-SF)
Individualised Classroom Environment Questionnaire (ICEQ)
ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLES)
Student Engagement Instrument (SEI)
Classroom Environment Scale
Other Resources

Mental Health Continuum Short and Long Form (MHC-SF)

This measure is for adultsThis is a free measure

This instrument measures emotional, social, and psychological wellbeing via 14 items that participants respond to on a 6-point Likert scale from never to every day. Items are summed for a total score out of 70, with higher scores indicating greater wellbeing. It is available in French, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish, with more translations coming as researchers continue to translate it for their use. It has been used in hundreds of studies over the two decades since its creation. There is also a longer form with 40 items.

Pros for Schools

Cons for Schools

Multiple translations available
Although used primarily with adults, also useful for 12-18-year-olds
Extensive overview of wellbeing for = relatively few items
Long and short forms available

  

Suggestions for Further Research

Keyes, C. L. M. (2009). Atlanta: Brief description of the Mental Health Continuum short form (MHC-SF). https://edtechbooks.org/-gEPU 

Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness. Mental Health Continuum Short Form. https://edtechbooks.org/-DqM.

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