Validity and Reliability Study of Mental Health Recovery Measure's Turkish Version. / Ruh Sagligi Iyilesme Ölçegi'nin Türkçe Formunun Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalismasi.

OBJECTIVE: The present study aims to translate into Turkish and investigate the validity and reliability of the Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM). METHOD: The sample consisted of 343 outpatients - and in-patients under treatment for a variety of psychiatric diagnoses at a state hospital and a university research hospital. The MHRM along with the Subjective Recovery Assessment Scale (SRAS), Psychological Well Being Scale (PWBS), Emotional Eating Scale (EES), and The Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI). RESULTS: The mean MHRM total score was estimated at 31.66 (sd=10.02). Exploratory factor analysis revealed one single robust factor explaining 64% of the variance of the total scores. Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated as 0.94 and corrected item-total correlation coefficients were entirely above 0.60. The MHRM scores showed positive and strong correlations with the PWBS (r=0.695; p<0.001) and SRAS (r=0.732; p<0.001), negative and strong correlation with the ISMI (r=-0.696; p<0.001) and no correlation with the EES scores (r=-0.021; p=0.703). CONCLUSION: Our data provides initial evidence supporting the validity and reliability of the Turkish MHRM in evaluating the tendency for recovery of mental health consumers for clinical and research purposes. Further studies addressing psychometric properties of the scale are warranted.

Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ-TR). / Duygusal Yeme Ölçegi'nin Türkçe Çevirisinin Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalismasi.

OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to translate the Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ) to Turkish and investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version. METHOD: The participants, consisting of 749 undergraduate students majoring at nursing or midwifery, completed on the EEQ and the Oxford Happiness Scale (OHS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Orthorexia Nervosa-11 Scale (ORTO-11), the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale (ZCBS) and the Eating Attitude Test (EAT). RESULTS: An internal consistency coefficient of 0.84 was computed for the entire scale which, similarly to the original scale, demonstrated a three-factor structure, namely, "Disinhibition", "Type of food" and "Guilt". All corrected item-total correlations were above 0.34. The EEQ score showed negative correlations with the OHS score at a low level (r=-0.15, p<0.001), and the EAT score at a moderate level(r=-0.33, p<0.001); and positive correlations with the BDI score (r=0.16, p<0.001) at a low level and the ZCBS score at a moderate level (r=0.36, p<0.01). The variance analysis demonstrated significant differences in the EEQ scores of the normal-weight, overweight and obese students [F(2.712) =11.17, p<0.001, η2 = 0.03]. CONCLUSION: EEQ Turkish version seems to have sufficient internal consistency which supported its reliability as well as the construct validity. Our data provided additional support for the validity of the EEQ for assessing the emotional overeating tendency among the Turkish university students.