Evaluation of the factor structure and psychometric characteristics of the General Well-Being Schedule (GWB) with Mexican American women.
The General Well-Being Schedule (GWB) is a brief, reliable, and valid measure of subjective well-being that is widely used in research as an indicator of psychological health and dysfunction. The GWB is hypothesized to have six subscales or dimensions (anxiety, depression, positive well-being, self-control, vitality, and general health), but previous research has not yielded a consistent factor structure. Little attention has been paid to the reliability and validity of the GWB with Mexican-Americans, the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the GWB schedule with Mexican-American women involved in a community-based weight-loss study. Factor analysis indicated a four-factor solution. The GWB and the resulting factors demonstrated acceptable reliability and discriminability.
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology