The Positive Functioning Inventory: A Russian translation

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Christopher Alan Lewis (Department of Psychology, Bashkir State University, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, Glyndŵr University, Plas Coch Campus, Mold Road, Wrexham, LL11 2AW, Wales, UK)
Mikhail Khukhrin and Svetlana Galyautdinova (Department of Psychology, Bashkir State University, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia)
Sadia Musharraf (National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan)
Mary Jane Lewis (Department of Psychology, Glyndŵr, University, Plas Coch Campus, Mold Road Wrexham, LL11 2AW, Wales, United Kingdom)

There is growing recognition of the clinical utility of positive psychology. As part of an ongoing initiative to raise awareness of the growing number of scales in the field of positive psychology available to Russian researchers and clinicians, a number of scales have been translated recently from the original English version into Russian. The present aim was to introduce the Russian translation of the Positive Functioning Inventory (PFI) to facilitate research employing the Inventory among Russian speakers. The PFI is a very recently developed 12-item measure of general psychological health and positive functioning. A total affect score for psychological functioning is obtained, with higher scores indicating positive functioning and lower scores reflecting the presence of dysfunction. Matters raised during the translation process are noted. Suggestions for research with the Russian translation of the PFI are provided. Copies of both the original English version and the Russian translation of the PFI are provided in the appendix.