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ArticleBMC psychology2024

The Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS): an Italian validation using confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis.

Paolo Soraci, Nadia Bevan, Mark D Griffiths, Renato Pisanti, Rocco Servidio, Ambra Ferrari, Carla Di Bernardo, Amir H Pakpour

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Article in BMC psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07570303 (Self-Continuity Messages and Step-Monitoring to Promote Walking Among Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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NCT07570303 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Self-Continuity Messages and Step-Monitoring to Promote Walking Among Older Adults: Protocol of a 4-Arm Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorCatholic University, ItalyRan2026 to 2026Enrolled1,000ConditionsWalking, Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Messaging, Mobile ApplicationsArmsSelf-continuity prompts, Step-monitoring reminders, Water intake messages
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Paolo SoraciDepartment of Economic, Psychological and Communication Sciences, Niccolò Cusano University, Via Don Carlo Gnocchi 3, Rome, Italy. paolo.soraci85@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0456-7891
Nadia BevanSchool of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5213-4057
Mark D GriffithsInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK.
Renato PisantiDepartment of Economic, Psychological and Communication Sciences, Niccolò Cusano University, Via Don Carlo Gnocchi 3, Rome, Italy.
Rocco ServidioDepartment of Culture, Education and Society, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4587-0363
Ambra FerrariPlay Better Associazione, via della Libertà 57/D, Agliana (PT), 51031, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0401-0252
Carla Di BernardoAssociazione Psicologi Tecnici Sportivi, Rome, Italy.
Amir H PakpourDepartment of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden. amir.pakpour@ju.se.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS). A total of 742 Italian participants (84.6% female), with a mean age of 33.08 years (SD = 12.44) took part in a cross-sectional survey study. Confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis were used to examine the psychometric properties. The CFA showed that the SWEMWBS had a unidimensional structure with robust psychometric properties and showed good internal consistencies (Cronbach's alpha 0.88; McDonald's omega 0.91). Overall, most items showed no substantial differential item functioning in the Rasch analysis, except for Item 7, indicating that female participants reported more difficulty with this item than the male participants. The SWEMWBS was positively associated with life satisfaction and negativity associated with general psychological distress (i.e., anxiety, stress, and depression). In sum, the SWEMWBS showed robust psychometric properties capable of assessing positive aspects of mental health and well-being among Italian-speaking adults.

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Mental HealthPsychometricsAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansItalyMaleMiddle AgedPersonal SatisfactionPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultConfirmatory factor analysisItalyMental healthRasch analysisShort Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being ScaleWell-being

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PMID39574182
PMCPMC11580197

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