Positive Mental Wellbeing: A Validation of a Rasch-Derived Version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale

This study presents a Rasch-derived short form of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale for use as a screening tool in the general population. Data from 2,005 18- to 69-year-olds revealed problematic discrimination at specific thresholds. Estimation of model fit also deviated from Rasch mode...

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Main Authors: Houghton, S., Wood, L., Marais, I., Rosenberg, M., Ferguson, R., Pettigrew, Simone
Format: Journal Article
Published: SAGE Publications 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37043