Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Waterhouse Building, 2nd Floor Block B, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GL, UK.
Qual Life Res. 2011 Sep;20(7):1035-42. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9841-z. Epub 2011 Jan 18.
The concept of maximising well-being, as opposed to merely treating mental disorder, is a powerful current theme in the area of mental health. Clearly this emphasises the need for appropriate valid and reliable measures of general well-being. This paper examines the appropriateness of a number of measures in this area and concludes that existing assessment tools fail to address the full range of aspects of personal well-being. This paper therefore presents the psychometric properties, validity and reliability of a new measure of well-being-the BBC Well-being Scale.
A total of 1,940 participants completed the new measure, the Goldberg scales of anxiety and depression, the 'List of Threatening Experiences' life events scale, a modified version of the Response Styles Questionnaire and a modified version of the Internal, Personal and Situational Attributions Questionnaire presented via the internet.
Exploratory factor-analysis suggested a three-factor solution including themes of psychological well-being, physical health and well-being and relationships. The total 24-item scale had good internal consistency (α = .935) and correlated significantly with key demographic variables and measures of concurrent validity.
The new measure--the BBC Well-being Scale-is recommended for research and clinical purposes.
与仅仅治疗精神障碍相反，最大限度地提高幸福感的概念是心理健康领域的一个强有力的当前主题。这显然强调了需要适当的、有效的和可靠的一般幸福感衡量标准。本文探讨了该领域的一些措施的适当性，并得出结论，现有的评估工具未能解决个人幸福感的全部方面。因此，本文提出了一种新的幸福感衡量标准——英国广播公司幸福感量表的心理测量特性、有效性和可靠性。
共有 1940 名参与者完成了新的测量，即戈德堡焦虑和抑郁量表、“威胁经验清单”生活事件量表、反应风格问卷的修改版以及通过互联网呈现的内部、个人和情境归因问卷的修改版。
探索性因素分析表明，该量表有三个因素，包括心理幸福感、身体健康和幸福感以及人际关系。总共有 24 个项目的量表具有良好的内部一致性（α =.935），与关键人口统计学变量和同时效度测量显著相关。
新的测量工具——英国广播公司幸福感量表——推荐用于研究和临床目的。
