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The emoji current mood and experience scale: the development and initial validation of an ultra-brief, literacy independent measure of psychological health

Jason Davies Orcid Logo, Mark McKenna, Kate Denner, Jon Bayley, Matthew Morgan

Journal of Mental Health, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 1 - 9

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069694

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BackgroundThere is increasing interest in measuring wellbeing and mental health in a range of settings and services outside conventional mental health care settings. However, ensuring that measurement does not intrude on the primary service activity whilst promoting inclusion through minimizing lite...

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ISSN: 0963-8237 1360-0567
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title_short The emoji current mood and experience scale: the development and initial validation of an ultra-brief, literacy independent measure of psychological health
title_full The emoji current mood and experience scale: the development and initial validation of an ultra-brief, literacy independent measure of psychological health
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description BackgroundThere is increasing interest in measuring wellbeing and mental health in a range of settings and services outside conventional mental health care settings. However, ensuring that measurement does not intrude on the primary service activity whilst promoting inclusion through minimizing literacy demands, requires ultra-brief and easy to use tools.AimsTo develop and test a brief emoji-based tool to assess mental health, wellbeing, resilience and community connection.MethodIn study 1, 672 adults completed an online questionnaire study comprising a new emoji measure and established questionnaires assessing mental health, resilience, community connection and wellbeing. In study 2, 415 participants completed a paper-and-pencil version of the emoji measure, mental health and community connection, with 212 individuals providing data at a second time point.ResultsMultidimensional scaling revealed a meaningful structure to the emoji measure with validity demonstrated through relationships to existing scales. Stability over time and sensitivity to change were also demonstrated.ConclusionsThe emoji-based measure presented here provides an ultra-brief measure of mood and current experience, with minimal literacy demands on participants. Further research is now needed to test the properties and utility of the scale with other participant groups.
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