@Article{ijmhp.2023.045478,
AUTHOR = {Shulan Lei, Shujuan Wang, Zhuohong Zhu, Min Lu, Xinying Li, Yiming Shen, Jing Chen},
TITLE = {Reliability and Validity of Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale among Chinese Civil Servants},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {26},
YEAR = {2024},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {61--67},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v26n1/55452},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = {The purpose of this study was to explore the reliability and validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) among Chinese civil servants, thus establishing a useful tool for assessing the mental health of individuals in this occupation. The WEMWBS, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) were administered to a sample of 2,624 civil servants (42.860 ± 9.690 years) in a city located within Shandong Province, China. The findings revealed significant differences between groups with high and low scores on each item of the WEMWBS (<i>t</i> = 48.127–78.308, all <i>p</i> < 0.01). The item-total correlation of WEMWBS ranged from 0.752 to 0.911 (all <i>p</i> < 0.01). Scree plot and parallel analysis results suggested a one-factor solution with factor loadings ranging from 0.762–0.918, accounting for 73.16% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a single-factor model of the Chinese version of the WEMWBS (CFI = 0.997, TLI = 0.996, RMSEA = 0.0330). The Chinese version of the WEMWBS was positively correlated with the SWLS (<i>r</i> = 0.710, both <i>p</i> < 0.01) and negatively correlated with depression, anxiety, stress, and total DASS-21 score (<i>r</i> = −0.512, −0.437, −0.488, −0.497, all <i>p</i> < 0.01). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Guttman split-half coefficient of the Chinese version of the WEMWBS were 0.970 and 0.953, respectively. In conclusion, the 14-item Chinese version of the WEMWBS demonstrated strong reliability and validity, establishing its utility as a precise tool for measuring and assessing the mental health status of civil servants in China.},
DOI = {10.32604/ijmhp.2023.045478}
}