Four scales measuring mental wellbeing in the Nordic countries: do they tell the same story?
The study indicates that the four scales essentially reflect one underlying dimension. In studies such as HBSC, efforts should be made to use instruments that cover distinctly different aspects of mental health and wellbeing.
Authors
- Charli Eriksson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0185-0851)
- Leif Edvard Aarø (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5027-3611)
- Oddrun Samdal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1776-9273)
- Nelli Lyyra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-3605)
- Marit Knapstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-1596)
- Anne‐Siri Fismen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-5767)
- Otto R.F. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6306-2239)
- Mogens Trab Damsgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4052-1831)
- Einar Thorsteinsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1989)
Institutions
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- University of Turku (FI)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (NO)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- NLA University College (NO)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- University of New England (AU)
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Published
- 2025-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-025-02351-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- University of Glasgow
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Universitetet i Bergen
- Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd