CONCEPT: POOR MENTAL HEALTH

INDICATOR INDICATOR

 Extreme mood changes or emotional  Sleep problems

outbursts  Appetite changes
 Anxiousness

VARIABLE VARIABLE

 Presence of irritability  Insufficient sleep or sleep deprivation

 Excessive worrying  Loss of desire to eat

VALUE VALUE

Frequency of irritability Number of hours of sleep

OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH:

Mental health is about being mentally and emotionally resilient to cope up with difficult
situations in life and maintaining a positive outlook. It affects how we think, feel, and act as we
cope up with life. Extreme mood changes, anxiousness about simple things, sleep problems,
and appetite changes can indicate poor mental health. A lot of factors can cause these signs.
An example of this is the number of hours an individual sleep. Insufficient sleep causes sleep
problems, which can be an indicator of poor mental health.