Measuring mental well-being in Norway: validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)

Measuring mental well-being in Norway: validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)

Abstract Background Mental well-being is an important, yet understudied, area of research, partly due to lack of appropriate population-based measures. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to meet the needs for such a measure. This article assesses the psychometric pr...

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Main Authors: Otto R. F. Smith, Daniele E. Alves, Marit Knapstad, Ellen Haug, Leif E. Aarø
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Mental well-being
mental health
public health
measurement
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-017-1343-x

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