Measuring depression with a well-being index: Further evidence for the validity of the WHO Well-Being Index (WHO-5) as a measure of the severity of depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 240-244

  Krieger, Tobias ^a   Zimmermann, Johannes ^b   Huffziger, Silke ^c   Ubl, Bettina ^c   Diener, Carsten ^c   Kuehner, Christine ^c   Grosse Holtforth, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDI II; Depression severity; Measurement invariance; Well being; WHO 5

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VALIDITY; WHO WELL BEING INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

BDI-II; DEPRESSION SEVERITY; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; WELL-BEING; WHO-5;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895059286     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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