Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Κλίμακα Υποκειμενικής Ευημερίας	Κλίμακα Θετικής Ψυχικής Υγείας
Πεδίο	Θετική Ψυχολογία	Θετική Ψυχολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1985	2015
Δημιουργός	Ed Diener and colleagues	Multiple developers including Christine Lüthy
Τύπος	Self-report questionnaire	Self-report questionnaire
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. S. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46(2), 137–155.	Lüthy, C., Meisser, C., & Schindler, C. (2015). The Positive Mental Health Scale: A measure based on personal strength models in a cross-national study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 13, 29.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	SWB	PMHS
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	The Subjective Well-Being (SWB) Scale is a broad category of brief instruments measuring how satisfied people are with their lives and the frequency of positive and negative emotions they experience. Originating from Diener's foundational work in the 1980s, SWB scales operationalize the recognition that well-being is fundamentally subjective—how people evaluate their lives matters more than external objective conditions. Various forms exist, including the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), and multi-item composites measuring life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect.	The Positive Mental Health Scale (PMHS) is a brief instrument developed to measure mental well-being by assessing the presence of positive mental health dimensions rather than the absence of disorder. Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, the PMHS operationalizes mental health as an active state characterized by personal strengths, resilience, coping capacity, and positive functioning. It represents a paradigm shift toward strength-based mental health assessment, viewing mental health and mental illness as distinct continua rather than opposite ends of a single spectrum.