Die Übersetzung der Healthy-Unhealthy Uses of Music Scale (HUMS) vom Englischen ins Deutsche

Music is an essential part of everyday life in adolescents. It especially supports their development of identity and plays an important role in mood regulation. In recent years there is a growing interest regarding the interrelations between music and mental health, particularly in the context of prevention. Therefore, Saarikallio, Gold and McFerran developed the Healthy-Unhealthy Music Scale (HUMS). It assesses adolescents’ engagement in music and whether they perceive their music as being helpful or not. As a result, HUMS serves as an indicator for mental well-being or for proneness to depression in adolescents from the perspective of musical behavior. In order to make HUMS accessible to German-speaking countries, a translation of the questionnaire was made (HUMS-DE). This article describes the translation process of HUMS-DE, applying TRAPD method and back-translation, and discusses its possible applications for music therapy research and practice.