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

被引:17
作者
Bonacchi, Andrea [1 ,2 ]
Chiesi, Francesca [3 ]
Lau, Chloe [4 ]
Marunic, Georgia [5 ]
Saklofske, Donald H. [4 ]
Marra, Fabio [6 ]
Miccinesi, Guido [1 ]
机构
[1] Prevent & Res Inst ISPRO, Oncol Network, Clin Epidemiol Unit, Florence, Italy
[2] Ctr Studi & Ric Syntesis, Florence, Italy
[3] Univ Florence, Dept Neurosci Psychol Drug & Childs Hlth NEUROFAR, Florence, Italy
[4] Western Univ, Dept Psychol, London, ON, Canada
[5] Univ Florence, Sch Psychol, Florence, Italy
[6] Univ Florence, Expt & Clin Med Dept, Florence, Italy
关键词
ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY; VISUAL ANALOG; THEORY MODELS; PAIN; LIFE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION; VALIDITY; OPTIMISM;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0252709
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
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 with 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 = 1.73, 38% males) were recruited to complete self-report questionnaires. IRT-based differential item functioning analyses provided evidence that the item properties were similar for the Italian and English versions of the scale. Additionally, the validity results obtained in study one were replicated and similar relationships between criterion variables were found when comparing the Italian- and the English-speaking samples. Overall, the current study provides evidence that the Italian and English versions of the WB-NRSs offer added value in research focused on well-being and in assessing well-being changes prompted by intervention programs.
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