Table 3 Means, standard deviations, skewness, kurtosis, factor loadings, item-total score-corrected correlations of the PMH-scale (the three largest samples)
From: Psychometric properties of the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-scale)
Item | M | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | Factor loading | rtt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient sample (N = 1547) | |||||||
1. | I am often carefree and in good spirits | 2.30 | 0.84 | 0.31 | -0.43 | .78 | .71 |
2. | I enjoy my life. | 2.32 | 0.87 | 0.24 | -0.59 | .82 | .76 |
3. | All in all, I am satisfied with my life. | 2.48 | 0.97 | -0.01 | -0.99 | .72 | .64 |
4. | In general, I am confident. | 2.78 | 0.90 | -0.30 | -0.70 | .78 | .71 |
5. | I manage well to fulfill my needs. | 2.33 | 0.83 | 0.21 | -0.48 | .75 | .67 |
6. | I am in good physical and emotional condition. | 2.29 | 0.89 | 0.17 | -0.74 | .75 | .67 |
7. | I feel that I am actually well equipped to deal with life and its difficulties. | 1.62 | 0.76 | 1.02 | 0.31 | .63 | .55 |
8. | Much of what I do brings me joy. | 2.37 | 0.93 | 0.08 | -0.88 | .80 | .73 |
9. | I am a calm, balanced human being. | 2.75 | 0.89 | -0.13 | -0.83 | .78 | .71 |
PMH-scale | 2.36 | 0.66 | .23 | -0.51 | - | - | |
Student sample (N = 5406) | |||||||
1. | I am often carefree and in good spirits | 2.89 | 0.84 | -0.33 | -0.55 | .81 | .75 |
2. | I enjoy my life. | 3.13 | 0.80 | -0.65 | -0.06 | .84 | .78 |
3. | All in all, I am satisfied with my life. | 3.12 | 0.87 | -0.70 | -0.32 | .84 | .79 |
4. | In general, I am confident. | 3.19 | 0.80 | -0.72 | -0.08 | .82 | .76 |
5. | I manage well to fulfill my needs. | 2.81 | 0.80 | -0.30 | -0.33 | .77 | .71 |
6. | I am in good physical and emotional condition. | 2.93 | 0.89 | -0.46 | -0.57 | .82 | .76 |
7. | I feel that I am actually well equipped to deal with life and its difficulties. | 3.01 | 0.82 | -0.50 | -0.34 | .82 | .76 |
8. | Much of what I do brings me joy. | 3.16 | 0.79 | -0.61 | -0.32 | .81 | .75 |
9. | I am a calm, balanced human being. | 2.83 | 0.87 | -0.33 | -0.58 | .64 | .57 |
PMH-scale | 3.00 | 0.66 | -0.54 | -0.30 | - | - | |
Dresden sample (N = 1394) | |||||||
1. | I am often carefree and in good spirits | 3.21 | 0.72 | -0.60 | 0.10 | .71 | .61 |
2. | I enjoy my life. | 3.48 | 0.65 | -1.08 | 0.83 | .71 | .61 |
3. | All in all, I am satisfied with my life. | 3.45 | 0.70 | -1.20 | 1.17 | .78 | .70 |
4. | In general, I am confident. | 3.48 | 0.66 | -1.14 | 1.06 | .75 | .66 |
5. | I manage well to fulfill my needs. | 3.10 | 0.66 | -0.41 | 0.41 | .69 | .60 |
6. | I am in good physical and emotional condition. | 3.26 | 0.73 | -0.77 | 0.31 | .74 | .65 |
7. | I feel that I am actually well equipped to deal with life and its difficulties. | 3.31 | 0.71 | -0.84 | 0.51 | .78 | .70 |
8. | Much of what I do brings me joy. | 3.60 | 0.60 | -1.39 | 1.64 | .74 | .65 |
9. | I am a calm, balanced human being. | 2.77 | 0.88 | -0.31 | -0.61 | .52 | .43 |
PMH-scale | 3.3 | 0.50 | -0.95 | 0.94 | - | - | |