Shahid Beheshti University Journal of Family Research 1735-8442 18 2 2022 09 21 Adaptation and Validation of PERMA Flourishing Program to Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents Suffering from Hearing Loss and Their Mothers Adaptation and Validation of PERMA Flourishing Program to Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents Suffering from Hearing Loss and Their Mothers 355 370 102641 10.48308/jfr.18.2.355 FA Sayed Hossein Siadatian Arani Ph.D. student of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran 0000-0001-5523-4427 Mohammad Ashori Department of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Salar Faramarzi Department of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran 0000-0002-0493-9723 Norouzi Ghasem Department of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran 0000-0002-8624-7818 Linda J Spencer Department of MS Speech Language Pathology, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, UT, United States 0000-0002-5155-6207 Journal Article 2021 11 07 The purpose of this research is the adoption and validation of PERMA flourishing program to improve the psychological well-being of adolescents suffering from hearing loss and their mothers. This research is basic and qualitative. The study population included professionals in the fields of psychology and education of people with exceptional needs, teachers and parents of adolescents with hearing loss in Kashan City. 4 professionals in the fields of psychology of people with exceptional needs, 4 teachers and 4 parents of adolescents with hearing loss participated in this research. They were selected by purposive sampling method. Adoption and validation programs were done in five stages: literature review, investigation of current programs, implementing the program, validation of program and explaining its validation. Delfy approach for implementing the content, triangulation of investigator for validation, percentage of expert agreement method for determining reliability and Lawshe method for determining of content validation index were used. Findings indicated that the reliability of the program using the agreement percentage was 93% and the content validity index was 0.97. Therefore, PERMA has high validity and reliability for improving psychological well-being of adolescents with hearing loss and their parents. The purpose of this research is the adoption and validation of PERMA flourishing program to improve the psychological well-being of adolescents suffering from hearing loss and their mothers. This research is basic and qualitative. The study population included professionals in the fields of psychology and education of people with exceptional needs, teachers and parents of adolescents with hearing loss in Kashan City. 4 professionals in the fields of psychology of people with exceptional needs, 4 teachers and 4 parents of adolescents with hearing loss participated in this research. They were selected by purposive sampling method. Adoption and validation programs were done in five stages: literature review, investigation of current programs, implementing the program, validation of program and explaining its validation. Delfy approach for implementing the content, triangulation of investigator for validation, percentage of expert agreement method for determining reliability and Lawshe method for determining of content validation index were used. Findings indicated that the reliability of the program using the agreement percentage was 93% and the content validity index was 0.97. Therefore, PERMA has high validity and reliability for improving psychological well-being of adolescents with hearing loss and their parents. https://jfr.sbu.ac.ir/article_102641_f8d01045d55b9dc81952ad016821bbf5.pdf