The correlation of life positions with positive mental health and psychopathology

The main purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of Life Positions on Positive Mental Health and Psychopathology. The survey which was carved out through Internet consisted of 420 persons (260 female, 160 male). For the purpose of evaluating Life Positions, The Life Positions Scale; for Positive Mental Health, Emotional Well-being Scale; for Psychopathology, Personal Belief Scale; and for the purpose of determining Personal Information, The Demographic Information Form were applied by the researcher. "Independent Samples T-Test" and "One way ANOVA" were applied to analyse the Demographic factors. The positions of I am OK, You are OK, and I am OK vary across sexes according to the results of this analysis. It was found that addicted, anti-social, histriyonic, borderline personality disorders, and You are OK positions differ with regard to age. It was indicated that the positions of "You are not OK" and "I am OK, You are OK" differ as to marital status. It was found that shy, addicted, passive agressive, anti-social, histriyonic paranoid, borderline personality disorders formats and "I am not OK", "You are OK ", "I am OK, You are OK" , "I am OK, You are not OK" , "I am not OK, You are OK" positions differ with regard to educational level. It was determined that Life Positions, Emotional Well-being, and Personal beliefs do not indicate any distinction in terms of living area. As for level of income , It was found that shy, addicted, agressive, schizoid, paranoid, borderline personality disorders formats, life positions of "I am OK", "I am not OK", "You are not OK", "I am OK, You are OK", I am not OK, You are not OK", and positive emotional well-being, and negative emotional well-being are not affected by level of income. The results of the Structural Equation Model analysis had indicated that The Life Positions do not have any influence on the relation between Positive Mental Health and Psychopathology. Keywords: Transactional Analysis, Life Positions, Positive Mental Health, Psychopathology