MENTAL HEALTH INVENTORY

Instruction:
Below are a number of simple
statements, which express the different ways in which
people
think, feel and behave in their life situations. Read cach statement and
if you agree with the
content of the statement, put a tick mark
() in your an swer sheet in the Yes' column against that
item. If you disagree with the content of the
statement, then put a tick () in your answer sheet in
the No' column against that item. Each statement is
cyually good. There is no right and wrong
answers. Hence, answer
freely, working as fast as you can without spending much time over
any
one item.

Ex I play chess

When you agree with the statement mark Yes'

When you disagree mark No'

1. I am quite content the way I am now

Yes No
2. I am not a
good joker Yes No
3. My job is quite dull and boring
Yes No
4. I am not good at judging others
Yes No
5. I prefer my habitual way of living
Yes No
6. I amn a victim of fate
Yes No
7. I am in the habit of disobeying
meaningless rules Yes No
8. I experience a sense of well-being
Yes No
9 I have no fear in doing a task which society criticized
Yes No
10. Mine is a very happy family Yes No

11. I don't care much for the happiness of others, because most of them care not for Yes/ No
mine

12. 1 feel lonely

Yes No

13. I cannot fully express my affection and genuine feelings Yes/ No

14. I try to win the feelings of others Yes No

15. I am afraid to mix with strangers Yes No

 Yes No
lamily
this earth, in my
happy to have born on
1o. I am Yes No

17. 1 like myselt

Yes No
18. To my faulurrs, mostly other people were responsible
Yes No
me.
weaknesses, which known to others, do trouble
19 My are

Yes No
20. I wish to be like him (her).
Yes No
21. 1 am afraid that my decisions may go Wrong
Yes No
22. 1 feel sorry for beggars and the handicapped
Yes No
23. Ugliness and physical defects in others repel me.

Most of the people are selfish and when possible they take advantage over you. Yes No
24.

25. Getting ahead in life is just a matter of luck and pull Yes No

26. To me, life is ever the same as before Yes No

27. I lead a kind of life that is satisfying to me Yes No

28. A sense of fear about future bites me. Yes No

29. I behave occasionally like children crying, laughing, playing, moving etc., Yes No
30. I am afraid of people's criticisms Yes No

31. My life is meaningful

Yes No
32. I am habitually dependent on others for ideas and decisions
Yes No
33. I am a good worker, in my little sphere. Yes No
34 I am well rounded, square in behaviour and expression Yes No
35 As a mature individual, I withhold my emotions from free
expression. Yes/ No
36. I feel that the most
important thing in life is money.
Yes No
37 1, in the final state, trust my own decisions than others
Yes No
38. To me, my small achievement is greater than my father's glory.
39. I am so afraid as to how I
Yes Nob
am going to
manage all my
family problems.
40. While
Yes No
introducing myself, I emphasizc my occupation and status
41. 1 feel that most Yes No
people are so
unreasonable, it is hard to
talk to them
42. I have never Yes No
completely revealed about
nyself to another.
Yes No
43. 1 have no deep attachment with anyone. Yes No
44. I try to shape my own future and 1 have faith in that. Yes No
45. 1 do not act in ways
just to please others Yes/ No

46. I rarely value other

people's arguments wlhen it contradicts mine Yes/ No

47. 1 feel helpless

Yes/ No

48 In haste, I decide and

regret later Yes No
49. New things about life rarely interest me Yes/ No

50. To me, mere material wealth is not

enough for a full life Yes No

51. I do my work just mechanically Yes Noo

52 It is my habit to think about the

past very frequently Yes No
53. I wish to have a comfortable living free of all Yes No
problems.
54. I have few talents to use Yes No

55. I feel dispirited Yes No

56. I think that other people know more about me than myself Yes No

57. There are some people I don't like Yes No

58. I am adventurous, testing limits Yes No

59. There is nothing real in this life Yes No

60 IfI were to be born again, I would like to be the same person. Yes No
 MENTAL HEALTH INVENTORY SCORING

A score of 1 is to be given to YES' responses for the following items.

1,5, 7, 8,9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 22, 26, 27, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 42, 44, 45, 50, 53, 57, 58,
60.

For other items, a score of 1 is to be given for N0 responses.

NORMSS

30 60 High mental health

0-29 Low mental health