Using and Interpreting Mental Health Measures in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project | Zendy

Carolyn Payne | Zendy; E. C. Hedberg | Zendy; Michael Kozloski | Zendy; William Dale | Zendy; Martha K. McClintock | Zendy

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Using and Interpreting Mental Health Measures in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project

Author(s) -

Carolyn Payne,

E. C. Hedberg,

Michael Kozloski,

William Dale,

Martha K. McClintock

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbu100

Subject(s) - loneliness , mental health , anxiety , respondent , happiness , psychology , clinical psychology , longitudinal study , population , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , pathology , political science , law

National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) included five unique mental health measures in Waves 1 and 2 that researchers can use to measure the overall emotional health of participants: depressive symptoms, happiness-unhappiness, anxiety symptoms, perceived stress, and felt loneliness. For each, we detail the rationale for its development and explain how to score, analyze, and interpret results.

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