Table 5.

Reliability Coefficients for NSHAP’s Mental Health Measures

Facet of mental health	Wave 1	Wave 2
Depressive symptoms (NDSM, 11 items)	0.7886	0.7828
Anxiety symptoms (NASM, 7 items)	0.7185	0.7372
Perceived stress (NPSM, 4 items)	0.6463	0.6262
Felt loneliness (NFLM, 3 items)	0.8048	0.7881

Notes. NASM = NSHAP’s Anxiety Symptoms Measure; NDSM = NSHAP’s Depressive Symptoms Measure; NFLM = NSHAP’s Felt Loneliness Measure; NPSM = NSHAP’s Perceived Stress Measure; NSHAP = National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.