Adaptation into Spanish of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) and preliminary validation in a student sample

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1099-1104

  López, María Andrée ^a,b   Gabilondo, Andrea ^a,e   Codony, Miquel ^c   García Forero, Carlos ^b,d   Vilagut, Gemma ^b,d   Castellví, Pere ^b   Ferrer, Montse ^b,d   Alonso, Jordi ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c Catalan Department of Health   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e Outpatient Public Mental Health Network in Gipuzkoa (Osakidetza)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment scales; Mental well being; Positive affect; Positive mental health; Quality of life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; STUDENTS; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878734493     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0238-z     Document Type: Article

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