title: Validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) in French psychiatric and general populations.
abstract: The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) has been validated in general population samples in many countries. Interest in using this measure in clinical populations is growing, particularly for tertiary prevention and mental health promotion. This paper reports validation of the French WEMWBS in healthy and chronic remitted schizophrenia populations. The French WEMWBS was administered to 319 workers, 75 students and 121 patients. For non-patients, self-reported Trait- and State-Anxiety, Mindfulness, Positive and Negative Affect and the General Health Questionnaire were completed. For patients, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Clinical Global Impression Severity Scale, Birchwood Insight Scale, Social Adjustment Scale, and Global Assessment of Functioning scale were completed. Test-retest reliability and responsiveness to intervention was assessed at 6 months. Whatever the sample, response frequencies showed normal distributions, and internal consistency was good (Cronbach's α). Scree plots of eigenvalues suggested a single factor in the samples. The one-dimensional solution yielded suboptimal fit indices. Construct validity was confirmed. Significant improvement in scores was observed before and after intervention. Test-retest variation was non-significant. Impairment of insight and cognition in the assessed patients implies that attention must be paid before applying WEMWBS to all patients. Nevertheless, WEMWBS proved valid and reliable in a further European population, suggesting transcultural validity for both monitoring and evaluation of interventions in healthy as well as chronic remitted schizophrenia populations.
authors: Département de Neurosciences et Contraintes Opérationnelles, BP 73, 91223 Brétigny sur Orge Cedex, France; APEMAC-EPSam UDL UFR SHS, Ile de Saulcy, 57045 Metz Cedex 1, France; Chaire de Mindfulness, Bien-être au Travail et Paix Économique, Grenoble École de Management, 12 rue Pierre Sémard, BP 127, 38003 Grenoble Cedex 01, France; École du Val de Grâce, 1 place A Lavéran, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: marion.trousselard@gmail.com.
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Trousselard
authors: Chaire de Mindfulness, Bien-être au Travail et Paix Économique, Grenoble École de Management, 12 rue Pierre Sémard, BP 127, 38003 Grenoble Cedex 01, France; Département Homme, Organisations et Société, Grenoble École de Management, 12 rue Pierre Sémard, BP 127, 38003 Grenoble Cedex 01, France. Electronic address: dominique.steiler@grenoble-em.com.
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Steiler
authors: Laboratory of Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise in Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P, EA3533), Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France; School of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Occupational Medicine, University Hospital CHU G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France; INRA, UNH, CRNH Auvergne, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Electronic address: fred_dutheil@yahoo.fr.
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Dutheil
authors: Département de Neurosciences et Contraintes Opérationnelles, BP 73, 91223 Brétigny sur Orge Cedex, France. Electronic address: claveriedamien@hotmail.com.
authors: Damien
authors: D
authors: Claverie
authors: Département de Neurosciences et Contraintes Opérationnelles, BP 73, 91223 Brétigny sur Orge Cedex, France; École du Val de Grâce, 1 place A Lavéran, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: fredericcanini@irba.net.
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Canini
authors: Human and Artificial Cognition (CHArt UPON - EA 4004), University of Paris Nanterre La Défense, France. Electronic address: fabienfenouillet@yahoo.fr.
authors: Fabien
authors: F
authors: Fenouillet
authors: Occupational Medicine, University Hospital CHU G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Electronic address: geraldine.naughton@acu.edu.au.
authors: Geraldine
authors: G
authors: Naughton
authors: Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, UK. Electronic address: Sarah.Stewart-Brown@warwick.ac.uk.
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Stewart-Brown
authors: Université de Lyon (Université Lyon 1), CNRS UMR 5229 & Centre Référent Lyonnais en Réhabilitation et en Remédiation Cognitive (CL3R), 4 rue Jean Sarrazin, 69008 Lyon, France. Electronic address: nicolas.franck@ch-le-vinatier.fr.
authors: Nicolas
authors: N
authors: Franck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Measurement; Mental well-being; Patient reported outcome measure; Schizophrenia