Does cognitive ability influence responses to the warwick-edinburgh mental well-being scale?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-318

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Watson, Roger ^b   Booth, Tom ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Hierarchical scales; Item response theory; Mental wellbeing; Mokken scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIERARCHICAL SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOKKEN SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY; WARWICK EDINBURGH MENTAL WELL BEING SCALE;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84882588713     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030834     Document Type: Article

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