swemwbs_dv

Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale

This is the 7-item short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS, see Tennant et al., 2007). The SWEMWBS is scored on a 5-point Likert scale, from none of the time to all of the time, and summed to give a total score, ranging from 7 to 35; higher scores indicate higher levels of well-being. For further details see Stewart-Brown et al. (2009). References: Stewart-Brown, S., Tennant, A., Tennant, R., Platt, S., Parkinson, J., & Weich, S. (2009). Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): a Rasch analysis using data from the Scottish Health Education Population Survey. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7, 15.Tennant, R., Hiller, L., Fishwick, R., Platt, S., Joseph, S., Weich, S., et al. (2007). The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): Development and UK validation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, 63.

Datafile

• indresp_ip

Derived variable note:

This is the 7-item short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS, see Tennant et al., 2007). The SWEMWBS is scored on a 5-point Likert scale, from none of the time to all of the time, and summed to give a total score, ranging from 7 to 35; higher scores indicate higher levels of well-being. For further details see Stewart-Brown et al. (2009). References: Stewart-Brown, S., Tennant, A., Tennant, R., Platt, S., Parkinson, J., & Weich, S. (2009). Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): a Rasch analysis using data from the Scottish Health Education Population Survey. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7, 15.Tennant, R., Hiller, L., Fishwick, R., Platt, S., Joseph, S., Weich, S., et al. (2007). The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): Development and UK validation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, 63.

Derived variable note:

Uses SCWEMWBA to SCWEMWBG/