Reliability and Validity of the Brief Emotional Experience Scale (BEES) as a Measure of Emotional Well-Being.

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Behavioral Sciences Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI:10.3390/bs15050643

Shane L Rogers, Nicole Brown, Matthew Goulding, Kathryn Campbell, Brennen Mills, Ross Hollett, Travis Cruickshank, Kazunori Nosaka

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This study presents initial reliability and validity evidence for the Brief Emotional Experience Scale (BEES) as a measure of emotional well-being. Using ordinal confirmatory factor analysis across three cross-sectional samples, Australian university students (n = 1239), the general public (n = 5631), and school students from Australia and the UK (n = 767). A correlated two-factor structure was supported. In the university sample, the BEES demonstrated strong convergent validity with other well-being measures and was linked to the lowest levels of reported distress when completing the survey. Preliminary cut-offs for high emotional distress were developed via comparison with the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), identifying around 20% of females and 10% of males as highly distressed. The findings of this research indicate the BEES can be utilised as a simple, flexible, and low-burden measure of emotional well-being.

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简要情绪体验量表（BEES）作为衡量情绪幸福感的信度和效度。

本研究提供了初步的信度和效度证据的简短情绪体验量表（蜜蜂）作为一个衡量情绪幸福感。对澳大利亚大学生（n = 1239）、普通公众（n = 5631）以及澳大利亚和英国的在校学生（n = 767）三个横截面样本进行了顺序验证性因子分析。支持一个相关的双因子结构。在大学样本中，蜜蜂表现出与其他幸福测量的强收敛效度，并与完成调查时报告的最低水平的痛苦有关。通过与凯斯勒心理困扰量表（K10）的比较，初步确定了高度情绪困扰的界限，确定了大约20%的女性和10%的男性处于高度痛苦状态。这项研究的结果表明，蜜蜂可以作为一种简单、灵活、低负担的情绪幸福感测量方法。

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