Mental Illness and/or Mental Health? Investigating Axioms of the Complete State Model of Health

Autor/in	Keyes, Corey L. M.
Titel	Mental Illness and/or Mental Health? Investigating Axioms of the Complete State Model of Health
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73 (2005) 3, S.539-548 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Identification; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Intimacy; Adults; Factor Analysis; Measures (Individuals); Measurement Techniques; Hypothesis Testing; Wellness; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Alcoholism; Correlation; Helplessness; Personality Traits; Psychological Evaluation; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikation; Identifizierung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Psychohygiene; Intimität; Faktorenanalyse; Messdaten; Messtechnik; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Angst; Alkoholismus; Korrelation; Hilflosigkeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Psychosoziale Beurteilung; USA
Abstract	A continuous assessment and a categorical diagnosis of the presence (i.e., flourishing) and the absence (i.e., languishing) of mental health were proposed and applied to the Midlife in the United States study data, a nationally representative sample of adults between the ages of 25 and 74 years (N = 3,032). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the hypothesis that measures of mental health (i.e., emotional, psychological, and social well-being) and mental illness (i.e., major depressive episode, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, and alcohol dependence) constitute separate correlated unipolar dimensions. The categorical diagnosis yielded an estimate of 18.0% flourishing and, when cross-tabulated with the mental disorders, an estimate of 16.6% with complete mental health. Completely mentally healthy adults reported the fewest health limitations of activities of daily living, the fewest missed days of work, the fewest half-day work cutbacks, and the healthiest psychosocial functioning (low helplessness, clear life goals, high resilience, and high intimacy). (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10