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Assessment of well‐being in the clinic: Using the state version of the short Scale of General Well‐Being as a clinical outcome measure

Holland, Jennifer; Murphy, David; Joseph, Stephen

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Authors

JEN HOLLAND Jen.Holland@nottingham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor in Human Flourishing/Person-Centred Counselling

DAVID MURPHY david.murphy@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Psychology and Education



Abstract

Objective
Interest in the concept of well-being within clinical and applied psychology settings has increased, highlighting a need to develop appropriate measures. The aim was to adapt and test the validity of the 14-item Scale of General Well-Being (14-SGWB) originally developed by Longo et al. (2018), as a clinical outcome measure.

Method
Study 1 is a psychometric study with 543 nonclinical participants, the wording of the 14-SGWB was adapted, and tested for reliability and convergent validity. Study 2 investigated the adapted version with 125 clients over 10 therapy sessions, examining sensitivity, and reliable change cut-off.

Results
The final 14-SGWB-clinical tool has a single component structure, good convergent validity, and can assess reliable and clinically significant change.

Conclusion
Measures that assess positive psychological change are important for the future development of clinical and applied psychology. The 14-SGWB-ct offers researchers a measure to extend evaluations of interventions to the effects on well-being.

Citation

Holland, J., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2021). Assessment of well‐being in the clinic: Using the state version of the short Scale of General Well‐Being as a clinical outcome measure. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(7), 1629-1643. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23166

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 12, 2021
Online Publication Date Jun 7, 2021
Publication Date 2021-07
Deposit Date Jul 29, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Clinical Psychology
Print ISSN 0021-9762
Electronic ISSN 1097-4679
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 77
Issue 7
Pages 1629-1643
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23166
Keywords Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Clinical Psychology
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6921539
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jclp.23166

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