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Validation of the WHO-5 Well-Being Scale among Adolescents in Ghana: Evidence-Based Assessment of the Internal and External Structure of the Measure

The WHO-5 well-being measure happens to be one of the most renowned measures of subjective well-being across the globe. Although the instrument has been calibrated in different countries, its psychometric properties and applicability in Africa, especially in Ghana, are not known. In this study, the...

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Autores principales: Quansah, Frank, Hagan, John Elvis, Ankomah, Francis, Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi, Nugba, Regina Mawusi, Srem-Sai, Medina, Schack, Thomas
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9323714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35883975
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9070991
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author Quansah, Frank
Hagan, John Elvis
Ankomah, Francis
Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi
Nugba, Regina Mawusi
Srem-Sai, Medina
Schack, Thomas
author_facet Quansah, Frank
Hagan, John Elvis
Ankomah, Francis
Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi
Nugba, Regina Mawusi
Srem-Sai, Medina
Schack, Thomas
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description The WHO-5 well-being measure happens to be one of the most renowned measures of subjective well-being across the globe. Although the instrument has been calibrated in different countries, its psychometric properties and applicability in Africa, especially in Ghana, are not known. In this study, the WHO-5 well-being scale was validated among adolescents in Ghana by assessing the validity evidence of the measure based on the internal and external structure. In particular, the study examined the (1) dimensionality of the WHO-5 well-being scale, (2) quality of the items (including the scale functioning) for the measure, and (3) criterion validity of the well-being measure. Using a survey approach, 997 adolescents were recruited in secondary schools across the northern belt of Ghana. The study found a one-factor structure of the scale, which supports the factor solution of the original measure. The items were found to be of high quality, except for one item. The WHO-5 well-being measure was found to have sufficient evidence regarding convergent and divergent validity. The outcome of this validation study provides support for the validity and reliability of the WHO-5 well-being scale’s utility and use among adolescents in Ghana. The study encourages further validation studies to be conducted in Ghana to widen the reproducibility of the WHO-5 well-being measure.
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spelling pubmed-93237142022-07-27 Validation of the WHO-5 Well-Being Scale among Adolescents in Ghana: Evidence-Based Assessment of the Internal and External Structure of the Measure Quansah, Frank Hagan, John Elvis Ankomah, Francis Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi Nugba, Regina Mawusi Srem-Sai, Medina Schack, Thomas Children (Basel) Article The WHO-5 well-being measure happens to be one of the most renowned measures of subjective well-being across the globe. Although the instrument has been calibrated in different countries, its psychometric properties and applicability in Africa, especially in Ghana, are not known. In this study, the WHO-5 well-being scale was validated among adolescents in Ghana by assessing the validity evidence of the measure based on the internal and external structure. In particular, the study examined the (1) dimensionality of the WHO-5 well-being scale, (2) quality of the items (including the scale functioning) for the measure, and (3) criterion validity of the well-being measure. Using a survey approach, 997 adolescents were recruited in secondary schools across the northern belt of Ghana. The study found a one-factor structure of the scale, which supports the factor solution of the original measure. The items were found to be of high quality, except for one item. The WHO-5 well-being measure was found to have sufficient evidence regarding convergent and divergent validity. The outcome of this validation study provides support for the validity and reliability of the WHO-5 well-being scale’s utility and use among adolescents in Ghana. The study encourages further validation studies to be conducted in Ghana to widen the reproducibility of the WHO-5 well-being measure. MDPI 2022-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9323714/ /pubmed/35883975 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9070991 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Validation of the WHO-5 Well-Being Scale among Adolescents in Ghana: Evidence-Based Assessment of the Internal and External Structure of the Measure
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9323714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35883975
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9070991
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