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Identifying key targets for interventions to improve psychological wellbeing: replicable results from four UK cohorts.

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cam.issuedOnline2018-11-15
dc.contributor.authorStochl, J
dc.contributor.authorSoneson, E
dc.contributor.authorWagner, AP
dc.contributor.authorKhandaker, GM
dc.contributor.authorGoodyer, I
dc.contributor.authorJones, PB
dc.contributor.orcidStochl, J [0000-0002-9693-9930]
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T00:30:33Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T00:30:33Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: An increasing importance is being placed on mental health and wellbeing at individual and population levels. While there are several interventions that have been proposed to improve wellbeing, more evidence is needed to understand which aspects of wellbeing are most influential. This study aimed to identify key items that signal improvement of mental health and wellbeing. METHODS: Using network analysis, we identified the most central items in the graph network estimated from the well-established Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). Results were compared across four major UK cohorts comprising a total of 47,578 individuals: the Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network, the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey, the Northern Ireland Health Survey, and the National Child Development Study. RESULTS: Regardless of gender, the three items most central in the network were related to positive self-perception and mood: 'I have been feeling good about myself'; 'I have been feeling confident'; and 'I have been feeling cheerful'. Results were consistent across all four cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: Positive self-perception and positive mood are central to psychological wellbeing. Psychotherapeutic and public mental health interventions might best promote psychological wellbeing by prioritising the improvement of self-esteem, self-confidence and cheerfulness. However, empirical testing of interventions using these key targets is needed.
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.33691
dc.identifier.eissn1469-8978
dc.identifier.issn0033-2917
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286378
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291718003288
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectIntervention targets
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectnetwork analysis
dc.subjectpsychological wellbeing
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectCohort Studies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Surveys
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectPersonal Satisfaction
dc.subjectPsychometrics
dc.subjectQuality of Life
dc.subjectSex Factors
dc.subjectUnited Kingdom
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.titleIdentifying key targets for interventions to improve psychological wellbeing: replicable results from four UK cohorts.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-10-12
prism.endingPage2396
prism.issueIdentifier14
prism.publicationDate2019
prism.publicationNamePsychol Med
prism.startingPage2389
prism.volume49
pubs.funder-project-idNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (via Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) (unknown)
pubs.funder-project-idWellcome Trust (095844/Z/11/Z)
pubs.funder-project-idCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) (BRC 2012-2017)
pubs.funder-project-idWellcome Trust (201486/Z/16/Z)
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-10
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1017/S0033291718003288

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