The aim of the present study was to prepare a Persian version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) of O’Connor & Casey (2015) and to examine its psychometric properties. In order to 346 people of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students of Shahroud University More
The aim of the present study was to prepare a Persian version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) of O’Connor & Casey (2015) and to examine its psychometric properties. In order to 346 people of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students of Shahroud University in 1998 were selected through available sampling And completed the Persian version of the MHLS (2015), the Psychological Assistant Attitude Scale - Fischer and Farina (1995) -Short Form, Health Anxiety inventory - Salkovskis & Warwick -Short Form (2002), and Beck Depression Questionnaire. CVR was more than 0.62 percent and the CVI was more than 0.75 percent, indicating the appropriate content validity of the scale. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor load of the items is more than 0.15 and all the routes from the items to the variable hidden at the level. 0.5 were significant and the scale had a good construct validity. An examination of the validity of the structure using CFA showed that the scale has a factor structure consisting of 6 subscales. The study of validity at the same time as calculating the correlation of this scale with the scale of attitude with the help of psychological psychologists - Fisher and Farina (1995) short form, Health Anxiety Questionnaire - Salkoskis and Varvik short form (2002), indicates a positive relationship between mental health scale scores It was questionnaires. The results indicate that the mental health literacy scale is a valid and appropriate tool for use in Iranian society.
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Current study has been accomplished in the Piranshahr City to evaluate the impact of self-worth group training basd on human validation process model on improving Marital Satisfaction. 24 individuals were randomly selected as a sample group and were placed in two. exper More
Current study has been accomplished in the Piranshahr City to evaluate the impact of self-worth group training basd on human validation process model on improving Marital Satisfaction. 24 individuals were randomly selected as a sample group and were placed in two. experimental and waiting list groups. The Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (47 questions) conducted in both groups as pre-test. Then , experimental group was trained in eight sessions according to the Human Validation Process Model. After termination the sessions, both groups undertook post-test questionnaire. Findings suggested that self-worth group training based on Human Validation Process Model significantly increased Marital Satisfaction level (p<0.001). In addition, the comparative analysis identified a significant difference between men and women in terms of impact of marital satisfaction level following the application this training. It was concluded that this model was more effective on women comparing with men (p<0.05).
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