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HERO Wellness Scale: Examining a new mental wellness scale.
Sandra Yaklin, Rakesh Jain, Steven P Cole
1University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing, Austin, TX 78712 USA.
Summary
The HERO Wellness Scale demonstrates strong reliability and validity for assessing mental wellness in college students. This scale measures positive psychology traits and can be used for individual mental wellness assessments.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Nursing
Background:
- Mental wellness has historically been overlooked in clinical tracking.
- The study addresses the need for reliable mental wellness assessment tools.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the reliability and validity of the HERO Wellness Scale.
- To assess the scale's suitability for individual mental wellness evaluations.
Main Methods:
- A quasi-experimental trial involving 84 college students (with and without psychiatric conditions).
- The HERO Wellness Scale and WHO-5 Well-Being Index were used for baseline assessments.
- Cronbach's alpha was employed to calculate internal consistency.
Main Results:
- The HERO Wellness Scale exhibited excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .93).
- Item-total correlations were robust, ranging from .67 to .86.
- The scale effectively captures positive psychology traits like happiness and resilience, differentiating it from the WHO-5 index.
Conclusions:
- The HERO Wellness Scale is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring mental wellness.
- It is recommended for individual-level mental wellness assessments.
- The scale contributes valuable data to the fields of psychiatry, nursing, and psychology.
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