傳統上，健康的概念被視為不僅是沒有心理疾病，而且必須是同時擁有心理健康的一種完整狀態。研究者以全國1,911位民眾為研究對象，使用「主觀幸福感量表」、「臺灣憂鬱情緒量表」與「健康促進量表」為研究工具，蒐集實證資料，蒐集所得實證資料利用描述統計分析、交叉分析、獨立樣本 t 檢定。研究結果發現：一、民眾約有22.8%（435位）屬於「大眾型」的心理健康狀態，約有43.7%（836位）民眾有較佳的心理健康狀態，但有11.3%（216位）民眾屬於可能的潛伏心理疾病狀態者，亦不可小覷；二、高幸福低憂鬱之「巔峰型」民眾在健康責任、壓力管理與社會支持的表現，顯著優於低幸福低憂鬱之「幽谷型」民眾。最後，根據研究結果提出建議，以供實務工作及未來研究參考。

Traditionally, the concept of health was viewed as not sick or no-illness and the mental health was conceptualized as absence of mental illness. But our argument was merely that the no-illness did not promise function well, physically and emotionally. We needed more evidence to prove the presence of something positive, not merely the absence of mental illness. There were 1911 Taiwanese randomly selected from the north, the central, and the south of Taiwan. All of the participants had to complete three questionnaires, i.e., Subjective Well-Being Scale, Taiwan Depression Scale, and Health Promotion Scale. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive statistics. Findings were summarized as follows: (1) Most Taiwanese did not exhibit mental illness symptoms, however, 11.3% of the Taiwanese were classified into the languishing mental health status; (2) Developing uplifts in health responsibility, stress managements, and social support were predictors of Taiwanese transitioning from languishing to flourishing mental health statuses. Finally, several concrete suggestions for the policy making about teachers’ mental health were proposed.