TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adaptation of Positive Mental Health Scale into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study
AU  - Yılmaz Akbaba, Aynur
AU  - Eldeleklioğlu, Jale
PY  - 2019
DA  - June
DO  - 10.32568/jfce.569976
JF  - Journal of Family Counseling and Education
JO  - JFCE
PB  - Eyüp ÇELİK
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2548-1290
SP  - 44
EP  - 54
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - In this paper, it was aimed to adapt the PositiveMental Health Scale (PMHS) into Turkish language. In total 360 universitystudents with ages ranging from 18 to 25, participated in the research. Validityand reliability analysis were carried out after the linguistic equivalency ofthe scale was examined. The psychometric properties of the scale were examinedby internal consistency, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, it comesin view that the scale has a single factor structure. Related to the PMHS, theinternal consistency coefficient was found .85. In the context of the criterion-relatedvalidity, positive correlations were found between Positive Mental Health Scale(PMHS) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), Psychological Well-being Scale(PWS) and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). It is concluded that the PMHS is avalid and reliable instrument to measure positive mental health level of universitystudents.
KW  - Positive Mental Health
KW  - Psychological Well-Being
KW  - Validity
KW  - Reliability
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