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Measuring positive mental health: Developing a new scale

Briefing paper

First published on 21 December 2006

Description

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).

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