Ravanshenasi & Din

Positive thinking reduces people's psychological vulnerability. The purpose of this research is to create a positive thinking scale based on Islamic sources. The research method is qualitative- quantitative. Verses and narrations on positive thinking were collected from psychological texts and religious sources, and their analysis resulted in the development of the construct of "Islamic positive thinking". Then, the content validity of the construct was confirmed by experts in Islamic sciences and psychology and the initial scale items were designed and approved by experts. The initial scale and the Khodayarifard and Ghobaribonab’s positive thinking scale (2013) were distributed in Qom, Tehran and Kashan universities and seminary schools. 250 acceptable scales were collected and the data were analyzed using correlation, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. The final 36-item scale including two components of "knowledge and awareness" and "positive interpretation" was approved. The reliability of the scale obtained through Cronbach's alpha and split-half methods was 0.87 and 0.77 respectively. The fit coefficients of the confirmatory factor analysis were also acceptable. This scale is thus useful for measuring Islamic positive thinking.