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MARTINEZ APARICIO, REBECA et al. VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY BASED ON THE SCALE OF POSSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH. Psicogente [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.33, pp.78-88. ISSN 0124-0137.  https://doi.org/10.17081/psico.18.33.57.

This paper focus on showing the validity and reliability based on the Scale of Positive Mental Health in 400 Health dpt workers from Michoacan, Mexico. For this purpose some procedures were performed as follow: 1. According to the indicators, it was defined what it was required measure; 2. Current instruments were reviewed; 3. Number of items were generated, decided and reviewed; 4. Mental health scale was applied for population sampled; 5. Items were assessed for its validation and reliability. Scale factorial structure was assessed using factor analysis and taking into account main components method and rotation. The results show 0.862 high reliability considered appropriate to be used for Mexican population.

Palabras clave : Indicators; Reliability; Validity; Scale; Positive mental health.

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