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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
Abstract
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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Metadata
- Authors
- McKay, M. T., & Andretta, J. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Supreme Court of the United States (US)
- Corresponding author
- McKay, Michael T.
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 255
- Pages
- 382-386
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- 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
- 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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