The Spanish version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) is valid for use in the general population

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 857-868

  Castellví, Pere ^a,b   Forero, Carlos G ^a,b   Codony, Miquel ^c   Vilagut, Gemma ^a,b   Brugulat, Pilar ^c   Medina, Antonia ^c   Gabilondo, Andrea ^d   Mompart, Anna ^c   Colom, Joan ^c   Tresserras, Ricard ^c   Ferrer, Montse ^a,b,e   Stewart Brown, Sarah ^f   Alonso, Jordi ^a,b,g  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Salud Mental Extrahospitalaria de Gipuzkoa ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; General population; Mental well being; Positive mental health; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; STUDENTS; TRANSLATIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896995591     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0513-7     Document Type: Article

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