Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2024 Aug 19;22(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12955-024-02280-9.
The topic of adolescent mental health is currently a subject of much debate due to the increasing prevalence of mental health problems among this age group. Therefore, it is crucial to have high-quality and validated mental well-being measurement tools. While such tools do exist, they are often not tailored specifically to adolescents and are not available in Czech language. The aim of this study is to validate and test the Czech version of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS) on a large sample of Czech adolescents aged 15 to 18 years.
The analysis is based on data from the first wave of the Czech Education Panel Survey (CZEPS) and was mainly conducted using Item Response Theory (IRT), which is the most appropriate method for this type of analysis. Specifically, the Graded Response Model (GRM) was applied to the data. This comprehensive validation study also included reliability and three types of validity (construct, convergent and criterion) testing.
The study found that the Czech version of the SWEMWBS for adolescents aged 15 to 18 years (N = 22,498) has good quality and psychometric properties. The data was analysed using the GRM model as it met the assumptions for the use of IRT. The estimated parameter values by GRM demonstrated good discriminant and informative power for all items, except for item 7, which showed poorer results compared to the others. However, excluding it from the scale would not enhance the overall quality of the scale. The five-category response scale functions effectively. Additionally, the results demonstrated high reliability, and all types of validity tested were also confirmed.
The Czech version of the SWEMWBS for adolescents has been validated as a psychometrically sound, reliable and valid instrument for measuring mental well-being. It can therefore be used with confidence in future studies.
由于青少年群体中心理健康问题的日益普遍，青少年心理健康问题目前是一个备受争议的话题。因此，拥有高质量且经过验证的心理健康测量工具至关重要。虽然存在这样的工具，但它们通常不是专门为青少年设计的，也没有捷克语版本。本研究旨在对 15 至 18 岁的捷克青少年进行大规模样本测试，验证和检验捷克版短式 Warwick-Edinburgh 心理健康量表（SWEMWBS）。
该分析基于捷克教育小组调查（CZEPS）第一波数据，主要采用项目反应理论（IRT）进行分析，IRT 是此类分析最适用的方法。具体来说，使用等级反应模型（GRM）对数据进行分析。这项全面的验证研究还包括可靠性和三种类型的有效性（结构、聚合和标准）测试。
研究发现，适用于 15 至 18 岁青少年的捷克版 SWEMWBS（N=22498）具有良好的质量和心理测量特性。数据使用 GRM 模型进行分析，因为它符合使用 IRT 的假设。GRM 估计的参数值对所有项目都表现出良好的区分和信息能力，除了第 7 项，与其他项目相比，其结果较差。但是，将其从量表中排除并不会提高量表的整体质量。五类别反应量表功能有效。此外，结果表明该量表具有较高的可靠性，且测试的所有类型有效性均得到确认。
捷克版 SWEMWBS 已被验证为一种具有良好心理测量特性、可靠且有效的青少年心理健康测量工具。因此，它可以在未来的研究中自信地使用。
