The Validity and Reliability of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form

The purpose of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form. The sample of the study consists of 365 university students. Results of confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the 14 items loaded on three factors (first order; x²= 235.41, df= 72, x²/df= 3,26, RMSEA= .079, NFI= .96, NNFI= .96, IFI= .97, RFI= .95, CFI= .97, GFI= .92, SRMR= .049 - second order; x²= 235.41, df= 72, x²/df= 3,26, RMSEA= .079, NFI= .90, NNFI= .90, IFI= .93, RFI= .87, CFI= .92, GFI= .92, SRMR= .049). The internal consistency coefficients of three subscales were .84, .78 and .85 and the overall scale was .90. These results show that MHC-SF is valid, reliable and suitable for academic studies.