Rapid and sound assessment of well-being within a multi-dimensional approach: The < i > Well-being Numerical Rating Scales < /i > (WB-NRSs)

by Andrea Bonacchi, Francesca Chiesi, Chloe Lau, Georgia Marunic, Donald H. Saklofske, Fabio Marra, Guido Miccinesi The assessment of well-being remains an important topic for many disciplines including medical, psychological, social, educational, and economic fields. The present study assesses the reliability and validity of a five-item instrument for evaluating physical, psychological, spiritual, relational, and general well-being. This measure uniquely utilizes a segmented numeric version of the visual analog scale in which a respondent selects a whole number that best reflects the intensity of the investigated characteristic. In study one, 939 clinical (i.e., diagnosed with cancer and liver disease wi th cirrhosis) and non-clinical (i.e., undergraduate students and their family and acquaintances) participants between the ages of 18 to 87 years (M = 47.20 years,SD = 19.62, 54% males) were recruited. Results showed items have strong discriminant ability and the spread of threshold parameters attests to the appropriateness of the response categories. Moreover, convergent and discriminant validity were found with other self-report measures (e.g., depression, anxiety, optimism, well-being) and the measure showed responsiveness to two separate interventions for clinical populations. In study two, 287 Canadian (ages ranged from 18 to 30 years;M = 20.78,SD = 3.32; 23% males) and 342 Italian undergraduate psychology students (age ranged from 18 to 29 years,M = 21.21 years,SD = 1....
Source: PLoS One - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research