caa a22 4500 475847520 CHVBK 20180406123918.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008940902849 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008940902849 Validity, reliability and acceptability of the Japanese version of the General Well-Being Schedule (GWBS) [Elektronische Daten] [T. Nakayama, H. Toyoda, K. Ohno, N. Yoshiike, T. Futagami] The General Well-Being Schedule (GWBS) is a widely used, self-administered questionnaire to measure subjective well-being. It contains 18 items and was originally hypothesized to have six domains; however, the following studies suggest other factorial models. We devised the schedule's Japanese edition following the standard procedure and tested its psychometric properties considering Japanese cultural characteristics. Subjects were 1224 middle-aged participants undergoing health checkups in Adachi, Tokyo. The reliability of the original version was high: alpha coefficient, 0.90; test-retest Pearson's correlation coefficient, 0.81; and intra-class correlation coefficient, 0.85. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the structural validity of the 6-factor, the following 3-factor and 4-factor models (goodness of fit index: 0.932, 0.946 and 0.937, respectively). A new 3-factor model developed after the exclusion of item 11, which had no correlation with the other variables, was proved to have a higher fitness index (0.958) than the other models. This 17-item version showed adequate reliability (α coefficient, 0.91; test-retest Pearson's correlation coefficient, 0.81; and intra-class correlation coefficient, 0.85) and concurrent validity compared with the General Health Questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, Self-rating Depression Scale and Profile Of Mood State (correlation coefficients: −0.75 to −0.53). The median time required to complete the schedule was five minutes. Completing this instrument was easy for 80% of the subjects. These findings attest to the adequacy of the 17-item Japanese GWBS for the comprehensive assessment of individual inner state. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Acceptability nationallicence Factor analysis nationallicence General Well-Being Schedule nationallicence Questionnaire nationallicence Reliability nationallicence Validity nationallicence Nakayama T. Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, USA aut Toyoda H. Department of Psychology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan aut Ohno K. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan aut Yoshiike N. Division of Adult Health Science, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan aut Futagami T. Department of Psychology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/5(2000-05-01), 529-539 0962-9343 9:5<529 2000 9 11136 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008940902849 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008940902849 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nakayama T. Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Toyoda H. Department of Psychology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ohno K. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yoshiike N. Division of Adult Health Science, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Futagami T. Department of Psychology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/5(2000-05-01), 529-539 0962-9343 9:5<529 2000 9 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer