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  • Measuring positive mental health: Developing a new scale

    • 21 December 2006
    • Report
    • Mental health

    Briefing note on research by Warwick and Edinburgh Universities to psychometrically validate Affectometer 2 for the UK. Affectometer 2 is a scale previously identified as promising for assessing population positive mental health. The research also developed a revised and shortened scale, the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS).

  • Validating the Affectometer 2 scale and developing WEMWBS for the UK

    • 10 September 2006
    • Report
    • Mental health

    Research report on commissioned work to validate Affectometer 2 and develop and validate a new positive mental health scale, the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS).