{"id":2075,"date":"2021-02-07T19:33:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T19:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sord\/?page_id=2075"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:19:08","slug":"swemwbs-bsl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sord\/resources\/swemwbs-bsl\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale BSL (SWEMWBS BSL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; module_class=&#8221;breadcrumbs-row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Breadcrumbs (do not remove)&#8221; module_class=&#8221;breadcrumbs&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;border-bottom: 1px solid #ececed;&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sord\/\">Social Research with Deaf People<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=&#8221;Left Nav Sidebar&#8221; area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_1&#8243; show_border=&#8221;off&#8221; module_id=&#8221;left-nav-menu&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; remove_border=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Short Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale BSL (SWEMWBS BSL)<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subHeading\">The SWEMWBS is a 7-item short version of the WEMWBS.<\/p>\n<p>It measures mental and emotional wellbeing (how \u201cgood\u201d somebody feels) and psychological functioning (how well somebody thinks they are functioning). 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On the registration form you can pick the BSL version from a list of available languages. The website concerns the full version (the WEMWBS), but if you pick the BSL version you will be directed to the SWEMWBS- BSL.<\/p>\n<p>A guide to how to use the SWEMWBS BSL and how to score it is <a href=\"http:\/\/documents.manchester.ac.uk\/display.aspx?DocID=50398\">available here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Access to academic paper concerning the validation of the instrument in BSL is available here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rogers, K., Dodds, C., Campbell, M., Young, A. (2018). The validation of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale with Deaf British Sign Language users in the UK. 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