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November 27, 2007Health and Quality of Life Outcomes5,204 citationsOpen Access

The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation

RTRuth TennantLHLouise HillerRFRuth Fishwick

Key Points

  • This research aims to develop and validate the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale for measuring positive mental health.
  • Developed WEMWBS as a psychometrically robust scale.
  • Validated the scale using a representative UK population sample.
  • Assessed the scale's sensitivity to change before recommending its use.
  • WEMWBS demonstrated no ceiling effects in the sample population.
  • Proved psychometrically robust, making it useful for monitoring mental well-being.
  • Sensitivity to change needs to be established for effective use in mental health promotion.

Abstract

WEMWBS is a measure of mental well-being focusing entirely on positive aspects of mental health. As a short and psychometrically robust scale, with no ceiling effects in a population sample, it offers promise as a tool for monitoring mental well-being at a population level. Whilst WEMWBS should appeal to those evaluating mental health promotion initiatives, it is important that the scale's sensitivity to change is established before it is recommended in this context.

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Tennant et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d572c275589c71d767e76ahttps://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-63
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