Vibeke Koushede|Mathias Lasgaard|Carsten Hinrichsen|Charlotte Meilstrup|Line Nielsen|Signe Boe Rayce|Manuel Torres-Sahli|Dóra Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir|Sarah Stewart?Brown|Ziggi Ivan Santini
Measuring mental well-being in Denmark: Validation of the original and short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale (WEMWBS and SWEMWBS) and cross-cultural comparison across four European settings
University of Southern Denmark|Danish National Institute of Public Health|Central Denmark Region|University of Southern Denmark|University of Southern Denmark|Danish National Institute of Public Health|University of Southern Denmark|Danish National Institute of Public Health|Danish Center for Social Science Research|Loughborough University|Directorate of Health|University of Warwick|University of Southern Denmark|Danish National Institute of Public Health
study examined psychometric properties danish wemwbs short version swemwbs danish population sample compared scores denmark scores representative three european settings total 3508 danish men women aged 1695 filled electronic survey face validity examined cognitive interviews content validity assessed examining response distributions construct validity confirmatory factor analysis measurement invariance relations similar measures overall mental wellbeing scores calculated well stratified sex age support found singlefactor hypothesis yielding good model fits versions scale scales high internal consistency correlations mental health measures largely line expectations highest mental wellbeing scores reported catalonia followed denmark iceland england swemwbs appear appropriate instruments measure mental wellbeing danish population present findings encourage use scales particularly swemwbs epidemiological intervention evaluation studies research practice crosscultural comparisons like one reported may essential inform international mental health policy