Purpose
To explore psychometric characteristics of the Integrative Health and Wellness Assessment (IHWA_V2_2022) in a sample of Italian individuals and then, to investigate if the integrative health was differently perceived among participants according to sex and age.
Methods
The translation procedure followed in this study adhered to the guidelines for translating, adapting, and validating instruments or scales for cross-cultural research. Then, the IHWA_V2_2022– Italian Version was spread and administered on-line.
Findings
The internal consistency and stability of the IHWA_V2_2022 was significant (**p < 0.001 and *p < 0.05). Significant differences were reported in the ninth subdimension “Physical/Weight”, since the oldest participants recorded higher levels in maintaining their ideal weights (p = 0.039).
Conclusion
Well-being dimensions’ scores were strictly connected to the subjective experience in well-being, balancing time skills and self-related circumstances. Especially, older participants scored higher levels in “Physical/Weight” dimension. This important finding could better address health promotion policies and behavior change interventions.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Psychopathology
