Adaptation of Positive Mental Health Scale into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

In this paper, it was aimed to adapt the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMHS) into Turkish language. In total 360 university students with ages ranging from 18 to 25, participated in the research. Validity and reliability analysis were carried out after the linguistic equivalency of the scale was examined. The psychometric properties of the scale were examined by internal consistency, exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, it comes in view that the scale has a single factor structure. Related to the PMHS, the internal consistency coefficient was found .85. In the context of the criterion-related validity, 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 a valid and reliable instrument to measure positive mental health level of university students.

Psychometric properties of a Saudi Arabian version of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale

“…The findings show that the Arabic version of the scale had satisfactory psychometric properties with good reliability and validity. These findings are consistent with those corresponding to the original version of the scale (Lukat et al, 2016 ) and with the outcomes of other studies (Brailovskaia et al, 2018a , b ; Çeçen & Vatandaşlar, 2021 ; Margraf et al, 2022 ; Teismann, Forkmann, et al, 2018 ; Yilmaz Akbaba & Eldeleklioğlu, 2019 ). They thus support the robustness and reliability of the instrument for assessing positive mental health in Saudi Arabia.…”

“…The EFA and CFA results support the unidimensional construct validity, largely resembling their counterparts in the majority of studies in which a one-factor structure was replicated (Bibi et al, 2020 ; Bieda et al, 2017 ; Çeçen & Vatandaşlar, 2021 ; Lukat et al, 2016 ; Yilmaz Akbaba & Eldeleklioğlu, 2019 ). Based on this finding, it is concluded that the PMH scale has good construct validity.…”

“…For instance, the coefficients of correlation of the PMH scale with depression were found to be −0.54 and −0.72 (Teismann, Forkmann, et al, 2018 ), −0.71 (Bibi et al, 2020 ), and −0.41 (Çeçen & Vatandaşlar, 2021 ). Regarding reliability, the studies by Brailovskaia et al ( 2018a , b ), Teismann, Forkmann, et al ( 2018 ), Yilmaz Akbaba and Eldeleklioğlu ( 2019 ), Margraf et al ( 2022 ), and Çeçen and Vatandaşlar ( 2021 ) indicate high Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.94, 0.92, 0.92, 0.85, 0.91, and 0.89, respectively. These studies and adaptations facilitate cross-cultural comparisons and allow the PMH scale to be used as a global tool to measure positive mental health, especially if the latent scale structure is found to be constant across the targeted cultures.…”

Psychometric properties of the positive mental health questionnaire: short form (PMHQ-SF18) in young adults

“…The scale was initially developed by Lluch-Canut with 39 items loaded into six factors: F1-Personal Satisfaction (items 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 31, 38, 39), F2-Prossocial Attitude (items 1, 3, 23, 25, 37), F3-Self-Control (items 2, 5, 21, 22, 26), F4-Autonomy (items 10, 13, 19, 33, 34), F5-Problem Solving and Self-Realization (15,16,17,27,28,29,32,35,36), and F6-Interpersonnal Relationship Skills (items 8,9,11,18,20,24,30). The score ranges from 39 to 156.…”