BACKGROUND: Children and adolescents living in conflict-driven humanitarian contexts face heightened risks of violence and abuse, which can significantly affect their immediate and long-term well-being. The evaluation of interventions to support adolescent well-being in these settings requires a validated, simple, yet robust measure of the broad construct of psychological well-being. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to validate the WHO-5 Well-being Index, a short, self-reported instrument designed to assess subjective psychological well-being, for use with adolescents in two conflict- affected humanitarian contexts, including Colombia and Nigeria. METHOD: = 82). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to assess the WHO-5 Index psychometric properties. RESULTS: < 0.001). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the one-factor model, initially with poor fit (CFI = 0.972, TLI = 0.944, RMSEA = 0.105). After accounting for covariance between items 3 and 4, the model fit improved significantly (CFI = 0.998, TLI = 0.994, RMSEA = 0.034). CONCLUSION: This study reaffirms the WHO-5 Well-being Index as a valid instrument to assess the well-being of Spanish- and Hausa-speaking adolescents who have experienced family separation, abuse, violence, neglect, and/or exploitation in humanitarian contexts.
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