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. 2022 Sep 20;35(1):29.
doi: 10.1186/s41155-022-00232-0.

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

Abdulmohsen Almubaddel  1
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Psychometric properties of a Saudi Arabian version of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale

Abdulmohsen Almubaddel. Psicol Reflex Crit. .

Abstract

The Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale has been shown to be a reliable and valid tool for assessing positive mental health and well-being in different languages and cultures. However, the PMH scale has not yet been translated into Arabic and validated for the Saudi Arabian population. Therefore, the current study aimed to translate the English version of the PMH scale into Arabic for the Saudi Arabian context and validate the translated scale. A total of 1148 adult participants from Saudi public universities took part in the study. Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in different subsamples, the results of the current study revealed that the unifactorial model satisfactorily fits the data. Additionally, the Arabic version of the PMH scale demonstrated sufficient levels of reliability and had a high negative correlation with the Beck Depression Inventory-II, indicating convergent validity. Taken together, the findings of the current study suggest that the Arabic version of the PMH scale has appropriate levels of validity and reliability for the Saudi Arabian population.

Keywords: Arabic; Beck depression; Factor analyses; Happiness; Positive mental health; Positive psychology; Reliability; Scale validation; Validity; Well-being.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no competing interests.

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Confirmatory factor analysis model for the second subsample data, including standard loadings and standardized errors. n = 569. Final confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale
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Confirmatory factor analysis model for female data from the second subsample data including standard loadings and standardized errors. n = 303. Final confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale (female)
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Confirmatory factor analysis model for male data from the second subsample data including standard loadings and standardized errors. n = 266. Final confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale (male)
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