Evaluation of the Factor Structure and Psychometric Characteristics of the General Weil-Being Schedule (GWB) with Mexican American Women

Poston, Walker S. Carlos; Olvera, Norma; Yanez, Claudia; Haddock, C. Keith; Dunn, Jon D.; Hanis, Craig L.; Foreyt, John P.

doi:10.1300/j013v27n03_04

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“…We measured psychological well-being using the General Well-Being Schedule (GWB; Dupuy, 1977). The Spanish version of the GWB has been validated with Mexican Americans (e.g., a reported Cronbach's alpha of .91; Poston et al, 1998). Participants were asked to answer Items 1 to 14 on a 6-point rating scale and Items 15 to 18 on a 10-point rating scale.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of Self-Esteem and Ethnic Identity

Kim

Hogge

Salvisberg³

2014

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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We examined whether self-esteem and ethnic identity moderated or mediated the relationship between two types of acculturative stress (American-based and Mexican-based) and psychological well-being among 171 first-generation Mexican immigrant adults. American-based acculturative stress (ABAS) was defined as the stress related to the pressure from Anglo-Americans to improve English and adopt their cultural practices, while Mexican-based acculturative stress (MBAS) was related to the pressure from Mexican immigrants to improve Spanish and retain Mexican cultural practices. The findings suggested that self-esteem was negatively affected by acculturative stress, which, in turn, led to decreased psychological wellbeing. However, having high self-esteem alleviated the debilitating effects of acculturative stress against psychological well-being. In contrast to selfesteem, ethnic identity exacerbated the negative effect of acculturative stress on psychological well-being.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Self-Esteem and Ethnic Identity

Kim

Hogge

Salvisberg³

2014

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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“…The test was validated against a known scale with good reliability constructs measuring psychological distress and well-being among Mexican populations (Poston et al 1998;Rodriguez et al 2002). Our scale, however, showed a considerably stronger internal reliability.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The GWBS was used as a comparison for assessing the validity of the investigator-developed scale because it has been shown in multiple investigations to be a reliable measure of psychological well-being among respondents of Mexican origin; the GWBS demonstrates internal consistencies of 0.91 and 0.86 in two, independent research studies involving Mexican immigrant populations (Poston et al 1998;Rodriguez et al 2002).…”

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Anthropological and Psychological Merge: Design of a Stress Measure for Mexican Farmworkers

Snipes

Thompson

O’Connor

et al. 2007

Cult Med Psychiatry

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This study implements qualitative and quantitative methodologies in the development of a culturally appropriate instrument of stress for Mexican immigrant farmworkers. Focus groups were used to uncover culturally based perspectives on life stressors, definitions of stress, and stress mediators. Qualitative data were analyzed using QSR NVivo and then used to develop a 23-item stress scale. The scale was tested for reliability and validity in an independent sample and demonstrates excellent reliability (α = 0.9123). Test-retest coefficients of the stress scale are also strong (r = 0.8344, p = 0.0000). Qualitative analyses indicated three major sources of stress: work, family, and community. Emotional aspects of stress also emerged, demonstrating a cultural perspective of stress closely related to feelings of despair and not being able to find a way out of despairing situations. This paper reveals themes gathered from the qualitative data and identifies reliability and validity constructs associated with the scale. The stress scale developed as part of this investigation is a reliable and culturally appropriate instrument for assessing stress among Mexican immigrant farmworkers.

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“…It incorporates six subscales of well-being including measures of anxiety, positive well-being, depression, vitality, general health, and self-control. The GWBS has been found to be both a valid and reliable measure of well-being for several ethnic minority groups including young Caucasian males (Fazio, 1977) along with Japanese (Nakayama, Toyoda, Ohno, Yoshiike, & Futagami, 2000), Mexican-American (Poston et al, 1998), and African-American populations (Taylor et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

Neurofeedback: A noninvasive treatment for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans

McReynolds

Bell

Lincourt

2017

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This paper discusses positive therapeutic gains made with veterans whose primary treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was artifact corrected neurofeedback. Assessments completed after both 20 and 40 halfhour sessions of treatment identified significant improvements for both auditory and visual attention using the IVA-2 and significant improvements in well-being based on the General Well-Being Scale (GWBS). It was discovered that neurofeedback impacted individuals' overall auditory attention and IVA-2 global auditory test scores significantly improved after both 20 (p < .007, Cohen's d = 0.5) and 40 training sessions (p < .0001, Cohen's d = 0.8). Veterans were found to have significant enhancements in auditory vigilance (p < .03), processing speed (p < .0009) and focus (p < .01). The IVA-2 global measure of visual attention was also found to show significant improvements after 20 sessions (p < .004, Cohen's d = 0.5) and after 40 sessions (p < .06, Cohen's d = 0.4). Specific improvements in visual processing speed (p < .04) and focus (p < .02) were identified after 40 sessions. Ratings of well-being significantly improved after treatment (p < .001, Cohen's d = 0.8) with 84% of the veterans improving five points or more on the GWBS. Improvements in well-being were found to be significantly correlated with increases in veterans' overall auditory attention (r = .44, p < .03) and auditory processing speed (r = .57, p < .005).

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Evaluation of the Factor Structure and Psychometric Characteristics of the General Weil-Being Schedule (GWB) with Mexican American Women

Cited by 25 publications

References 19 publications

Effects of Self-Esteem and Ethnic Identity

Effects of Self-Esteem and Ethnic Identity

Anthropological and Psychological Merge: Design of a Stress Measure for Mexican Farmworkers

Neurofeedback: A noninvasive treatment for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans

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