Psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in Chinese adolescents – a methodological study

Table 3 Bivariate correlations of MHC-SF and MMQL and HADS scales

	Emotional well-being	Social well-being	Psychological well-being	MHC-SF total scale
MMQL
Physical functioning	0.418	0.396	0.438	0.468
Cognitive functioning	0.375	0.362	0.446	0.448
Psychological functioning	0.437	0.375	0.411	0.453
Body image	0.341	0.320	0.400	0.399
Social functioning	0.458	0.464	0.525	0.548
Outlook on life	0.525	0.491	0.520	0.573
Intimate relations	0.380	0.353	0.431	0.436
MMQL total scale	0.567	0.529	0.614	0.642
HADS
Anxiety	−0.393	−0.344	−0.383	−0.418
Depression	−0.343	−0.326	−0.338	−0.376
HADS total scale	−0.465	−0.394	−0.427	−0.482

All correlations are significant at the .01 level (two-tailed)
The strength of all correlations between the Social Well-being dimension of MHC-SF and the subscales of MMQL and HADS were statistically significantly weaker (p < 0.01) as compared to the correlations between the Emotional and Psychological Well-being dimensions of MHC-SF and the subscales of MMQL and HADS, except ‘Depression’

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