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Evidence for the Psychometric Validity, Internal Consistency and Measurement Invariance of Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale Scores in Scottish and Irish Adolescents

McKay, Michael T., Andretta, James R.·2017·Psychiatry Research
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.071
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Mental well-being is an important indicator of current, but also the future health of adolescents. The 14-item Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) has been well validated in adults world-wide, but less work has been undertaken to examine the psychometric validity and internal consistency of WEMWBS scores in adolescents. In particular, little research has examined scores on the short 7-item version of the WEMWBS. The present study used two large samples of school children in Scotland and Northern Ireland and found that for both forms of the WEMWBS, scores were psychometrically valid, internally consistent, factor saturated, and measurement invariant by country. Using the WEMWBS full form, males reported significantly higher scores than females, and Northern Irish adolescents reported significantly higher scores than their Scottish counterparts. Last, the lowest overall levels of well-being were observed among Scottish females.

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  1. Bamford Review of Mental Health and Disability (Northern Ireland), 2006
  2. Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, 2015. Think Piece for Community Relations Council’s Annual Policy and Practice Conference, One Place – Many People. NICCY, Belfast. Retrieved January 23rd, 2017 from 〈www.niccy.org/media/1646/niccy-community-relations-paper-28-sept-2015.docx〉.
  3. Ryan, 2001, To be happy or to be self-fulfilled: a review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, 52, 141

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Authors
McKay, M. T., & Andretta, J. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Liverpool (GB)
  • Supreme Court of the United States (US)
Corresponding author
McKay, Michael T.
ORCID
Venue
Psychiatry Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-09
Volume
255
Pages
382-386
ISSN
0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.071
OpenAlex
W2671303442
Cited by
122
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
FWCI
4.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute for Health and Care Research (10/3002/09)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, adolescent psychological well-being, psychometric validity, internal consistency, measurement invariance, cross-national comparison, Scotland, Northern Ireland, elementary school students
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Analysis of Variance, Child, Female, Humans, Ireland, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Scotland, Reproducibility of Results

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