Rasch validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) in community-dwelling adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and the recent political divide in the United States (US), there is an urgent need to address the soaring mental well-being problems and promote positive well-being. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) measures the positive aspects of mental health. Previous studies confirmed its construct validity, reliability, and unidimensionality with confirmatory factor analysis. Six studies have performed a Rasch analysis on the WEMWBS, and only one evaluated young adults in the US. The goal of our study is to use Rasch analysis to validate the WEMBS in a wider age group of community-dwelling adults in the US.

Methods

We used the Rasch unidimensional measurement model 2030 software to evaluate item and person fit,

SUBMITTER: Deng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936469 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature