Assessing Employees’ Positive Functioning at Work: Adaptation and Validation of the PERMA + 4 Scales into Turkish
Yazarlar (2)
Doç. Dr. İbrahim DEMİRCİ Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Özlem KESKİN Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SCOPUS dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
Dergi ISSN 2364-5040 Dergi Bilgileri (2025)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCOPUS
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 08-2025
Kabul Tarihi 24-07-2025 Yayınlanma Tarihi 07-08-2025
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 10 / 3 / – DOI 10.1007/s41042-025-00248-8
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-025-00248-8
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık
Özet
Employees’ well-being and psychological functioning in the workplace are crucial factors that influence both their productivity in professional life and their overall well-being in personal life. This study aims to adapt the PERMA + 4 Positive Functioning at Work Scales, which comprehensively and multidimensionally assess individuals’ well-being at work, into Turkish and to examine their psychometric properties. As part of the study, the long-form scale with 29 items and the short-form scale with 9 items were translated and adapted into Turkish. The study sample consisted of 297 individuals employed in various occupations. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the long form’s nine-factor (Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment, Health, Mindset, Environment, and Economic Security) and the short form’s unidimensional structure had acceptable levels of model fit. Item response …
Anahtar Kelimeler
PERMA + 4 | PERMA model | Positive organizational psychology | Scale adaptation | Well-being | Workplace positive functioning