Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS) among adolescents and youth
The SWEMWBS is sufficiently unidimensional and suitable for measuring mental well-being among Finnish adolescents. The scale is appropriate for population-level monitoring, as well as in intervention studies targeting the mental well-being in youth. However, comparing scores with the adult population or between specific groups (e.g., those with or without mental health conditions) requires caution.
Authors
- Kaija Appelqvist‐Schmidlechner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2165-1641)
- Nina Tamminen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1262-7524)
- Sebastian Therman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9407-4905)
- Pia Solin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8531-8186)
- Kiira Karoliina Sarasjärvi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7615-8451)
- Marko Elovainio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1401-1910)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychology
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03571-6
- Primary Topic
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Yrjö Jahnssonin Säätiö
- Juho Vainion Säätiö