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Warwick Scale

Assessing your Health and Wellbeing

The Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (©WEMWBS) represents mental wellbeing as both feeling good, functioning well and being integrally linked to other aspects of wellbeing.

Below are some statements about feelings and thoughts.

Please tick the box that best describes your experience of each over the last 2 weeks.

STATEMENTS	None of the time	Rarely	Some of the time	Often	All of the time
I’ve been feeling optimistic about the future	1	2	3	4	5
I’ve been feeling useful	1	2	3	4	5
I’ve been feeling relaxed	1	2	3	4	5
I’ve been dealing with problems well	1	2	3	4	5
I’ve been thinking clearly	1	2	3	4	5
I’ve been feeling close to other people	1	2	3	4	5
I’ve been able to make up my own mind about things	1	2	3	4	5

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT

The WEMWBS questionnaire for measuring mental well-being was developed by researchers at Warwick and Edinburgh Universities (see Tennant R, Hiller L, Fishwick R, Platt P, Joseph S, Weich S, Parkinson J, Secker J, Stewart-Brown S (2007) The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation, Health and Quality of Life Outcome; 5:63 doi:101186/1477-7252-5-63).

The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale was funded by the Scottish Executive National Programme for improving mental health and well-being, commissioned by NHS Health Scotland, developed by the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh, and is jointly owned by NHS Health Scotland, the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh.

The Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale or [WEMWBS] was developed by the University of Warwick in conjunction with NHS Health Scotland, University of Edinburgh and the University of Leeds. ©University of Warwick, 2006, all rights reserved.

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