Development and validation of the Rapid Positive Mental Health Instrument (R-PMHI) for measuring mental health outcomes in the population

Table 6 Item parameter estimates (discriminant and difficulty) (Internal validation sample, n = 520)

	a	b1	b2	b3	b4	b5
I spend time with people I like	0.26	−0.11	−0.15	−0.14	−0.06	1.73
I make friends easily	0.57	−0.03	−0.12	0.43	0.68	1.91
I try to be patient with others	0.24	−0.47	−0.89	−0.37	0.61	2.35
I am willing to share my time with others	0.48	−0.04	−0.26	− 0.24	0.50	2.42
I have freedom to make choices that concern my future	0.39	−0.42	−0.36	0.17	0.53	2.00
How often in the last 2 weeks have you felt ..Calm	0.41	−1.10	−0.61	0.86	2.47	–

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