THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the psychologi cal correlates of people's health behaviors through the development of an objective self-report instrument, the Multidimensional Health Ques tionnaire (MHQ). Preliminary results results indicated that the subsca les on the MHQ had high internal consistency and that individuals of v arying ages were differentially characterized by several of specific h ealth-related dispositions measured by the MHQ. Additional evidence re vealed that several MHQ subscales were positively associated with peop le's tendency to engage in a greater number of health-promoting behavi ors, whereas only one MHQ subscale (i.e., health-depression) was negat ively correlated with a health-promoting lifestyle.