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Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 3/2014

01-04-2014

The Spanish version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) is valid for use in the general population

Auteurs: Pere Castellví, Carlos G. Forero, Miquel Codony, Gemma Vilagut, Pilar Brugulat, Antonia Medina, Andrea Gabilondo, Anna Mompart, Joan Colom, Ricard Tresserras, Montse Ferrer, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Jordi Alonso

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Abstract

Purpose

Mental well-being has aroused interest in Europe as an indicator of population health. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed in the United Kingdom showing good face validity and has been previously adapted into Spanish. The aim of this study is to assess the validity and reliability of the Spanish version of WEMWBS in the general population.

Methods

Cross-sectional home face-to-face interview survey with computer-assisted personal interviewing was administered with the 2011 Catalan Health Interview Survey Wave 3, which is representative of the non-institutionalized general population of Catalonia, Spain. A total of 1,900 participants 15+ years of age were interviewed. The Spanish version of WEMWBS was administered together with socioeconomic and health-related variables, with a hypothesized level of association.

Results

Similar to the original, confirmatory factor analysis fits a one-factor model adequately (CFI = 0.974; TLI = 0.970; RMSEA = 0.059; χ 2 = 584.82; df = 77; p < .001) and has a high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.930; Guttman’s lambda 2 = 0.932). The WEMWBS discriminated between population groups in all health-related and socioeconomic variables, except in gender (p = 0.119), with a magnitude similar to that hypothesized. Overall, mental well-being was higher for the general population of Catalonia (average and whole distribution) than that for Scotland general population.

Conclusions

The Spanish version of WEMWBS showed good psychometric properties similar to the UK original scale. Whether better mental well-being in Catalonia is due to methodological or substantive cultural, social, or environmental factors should be further researched.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Spanish version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) is valid for use in the general population
Auteurs
Pere Castellví
Carlos G. Forero
Miquel Codony
Gemma Vilagut
Pilar Brugulat
Antonia Medina
Andrea Gabilondo
Anna Mompart
Joan Colom
Ricard Tresserras
Montse Ferrer
Sarah Stewart-Brown
Jordi Alonso
Publicatiedatum
01-04-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0513-7

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