Pdf wagnild and youngss resilience scale validation for is. The purpose of this study was to develop a new resiliency scale rs for turkish samples. The purpose of this study was to validate the resilience scale rs14 wagnild, 2009a,b. Prior to instrument development, a qualitative study of 24 women aged 67 to 92 years was done in order to describe characteristics of successful adaptation. Resilience scale users guide the resilience center. The connordavidson resilience scale cdrisc25 is a selfadministered scale containing 25 items that exhibit good psychometric properties. This study describes the development and initial psychometric evaluation of the 25item resilience scale rs in a sample of 810 communitydwelling older adults. Principal components factor analysis of the rs was conducted followed. The authors of the scale applied it in a sample consisting of 810 middleaged adults.
It was first published in 1993 and is the first resilience assessment to measure. The rs was used to measure the degree of individual resilience. Assessing the ability to bounce back article pdf available in international journal of behavioral medicine 153. Establishing the psychometric qualities of the connor. The resilience scale users guide is included free with the purchase of a. The present paper outlines the development of the protective factors for resilience scale pfrs. There has been a need for an instrument which not only can adequately evaluate traitlike resilience, but also can be applied to polish adolescents and young adults.
This scale consists of 25 items and the results have been found to positively correlate with physical health, morale, and life satisfaction, while negatively correlating with depression. The greek version of the resilience scale rs14 medcrave. Various items from some major resiliency scales, most of them with some partial change, were collected and a pool of 228 items containing almost all. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience. The resilience scale includes 25 items reflecting the five characteristics of resilience identified through this qualitative work. Psychometric properties of the finnish version of the resilience. Principal components factor analysis of the rs was conducted followed by oblimin.
Resilience and strengthening resilience in individuals january 2011 uk. The resilience scale users guide for the us english version of the resilience scale and the 14item resilience scale rs14. The purpose of this study was to systematically examine the psychometric properties of the 14item resilience scale rs14. In this crosscultural adaptation, in a factor analysis, the authors found a threefactor solution, with a cronbachs alpha of. Development of a scale battery for rapid assessment of. Young, phd, rn this study describes the development and initial psychometric evaluation of the 25item resilience scale rs in a sample of 810 communitydwelling older adults. Executive summary the resilience scale is an effective simplifying model for channeling thinking about developmental outcomes and resilience. Resilience seemed to lie at the core of the recent promotion of positive mental health and wellbeing.
The questions on the 25item connordavidson resilience scale include. A correlational study on dispositional resilience, psychological wellbeing, and coping strategies in university students. Examples of notable resilience scales include wagnild and youngs 1993 resilience scale, the connordavidson resilience scale connor and davidson, 2003, the resilience scale for adults friborg et al. The paper reports the evaluation of the german version of the resilience scale by wagnild and young 1993 in a large community sample of the german population n 2. The current paper describes the development of a risk and resilience scale battery, including aggregation of wellestablished scales and, using empirical methods, selection of the optimal items among them. The resilience scale is an international trademark of gail m. Wagnild and youngs 1993resilience scale, the connordavidson resilience scale connor and davidson,2003, the resilience scale for adults friborg et al. Scale development, reliability and validity study ugur gurgan abstract. The other three assess process resilience or multilevel interactive resilience resources. The resilience scale rs25 is an instrument developed by wagnild and young 1993 to assess resilience levels in adults. If you have an average score or below, talk to a colleague about those lowscoring items.
Wagnild and young 9 have proposed two subcategories, personal competence and acceptance of self and life, based on a principal component analysis. The 25item resilience scale is the original resilience measure and considered the gold standard for resilience assessments among researchers around the world. Examples of notable resilience scales include wagnild and youngs 1993resilience scale, the connordavidson resilience scale connor and davidson,2003, the resilience scale for adults friborg et al. It is a highly valid and reliable 25item measure and measures resilience in any setting. Resilience is a stressresistant construct in human capacity that is dif. The tool can be used to translate a wide range of messages from the science of early child development from individual differences to. Healy 2009, hansung 2009, burns 2009, conrad 2006, and anderson 2000. To address limitations in the literature related to measuring. The possible score range on the brs is from 1 low resilience to 5 high resilience. This scale consists of 25 items and the results have been found to positively correlate with physical health, morale, and life satisfaction, while negatively correlating with. The predictive 6factor resilience scale the science of.
The brief resilience scale brs was created to assess. Resilience and strengthening resilience in individuals. Psychometric assessment of the wagnild and youngs resilience. Although there are some measures to quantify resilience in children and adolescents, there are only a few measures intended to assess resilience in adults. The resilience scale, developed by wagnild and young in 1993, was created and validated with a sample of older adults aged 53 to 95 years. Brief resilience scale brs please respond to each item by marking. This website is home to the connordavidson resilience scale. This qualitative study was designed to identify and describe characteristics of successfully adjusted older women.
The resilience scale wagnild and young, 1993 in nursing literature, the resilience scale. The original resilience scale the resilience center. Gail wagnild has spent the last three decades studying resilience how to measure, strengthen, and celebrate this incredible capacity available to each of us. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience scale. According to the authors of the brs, scores can be interpreted as follows xrefs.
Resilience scale for adults 21, and the brief resilience scale 22, among others 23. The resilience scale rs, developed by wagnild and young 1993, is a 25item selfreport questionnaire to identify the degree of individual. The first crosscultural adaptation to portuguese of the resilience scale from wagnild and young, was conducted by the study group of pesce et al. To the right of each you will find seven numbers, ranging from. To the right of each you will find seven numbers, ranging from 1 strongly disagree on the left to 7 strongly agree on the right. Resilience scale a reliable and valid tool to measure resilience. Find out whats new with cdrisc in the most recent update. She developed the original resilience scale, which was the first of its kind to assess resilience. Each of these scales presents respondents with attitudinal statements. This concept has been well studied in western countries and less in developing countries, particularly nigeria. Measures of resilience and an evaluation of the resilience.
Descriptive statistics, reliability, and validity data were also calculated. The aim of the study is therefore, to demonstrate the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the resilience scale rs and its 14item short version rs14 in a nigerian. The wagnild and young resilience scale14 rs14 is a brief measure assessing resilience. A validity study of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in general hospital units and a community sample in nigeria. The resilience scale rs, which measures the capacity to withstand life stressors, and to thrive and make meaning from challenges consists of a 17item personal competence subscale and an 8item acceptance of self and life subscale. We aimed to examine and assess the psychometric properties of the polish version in three different samples. Nov 23, 2011 resilience seemed to lie at the core of the recent promotion of positive mental health and wellbeing. Reliability and validity testing of wagnild and youngs resilience. How to measure resilience with these 8 resilience scales. Exploratory and confirmatory factoranalytic methods were employed, including an analysis of measurement invariance models by sex and raceethnicity.
Nevertheless, our conceptualisation goes beyond the definition of resilience proposed by luthans, which suggests that it is a recovery process in. Wallston 2004 and wagnild and young resil ience scale. The rs 9 is a selfreport measure, which consists of 25 items on a 5point scale from disagree 1 to agree 5. In a study with 844 participants, a mix of healthy people and people suffering from diseases, smith and colleagues found an average score of 3.
The resilience scale rs 2 march 3911 please read the following statements. Please use the links in the menu above to find out more about the assesment, and how you can obtain a copy. Davidson resilience scale cdrisc, connordavidson resilience scale 10 cdrisc 10, resilience scale. Risk and resilience are multifaceted processes, thus characterizing and delineating their role in developmental psychopathology is complex. Divide the sum by the total number of questions answered 6 for your final score.
However, there is no consensus about a generally accepted scale that could have the most adequate psychometric properties 19. Development of the scale craig harms 1, julie ann pooley and lynne cohen2 abstract. The participants reported a recent major loss and were considered successfully adjusted as evidenced by social involvement in a senior center, a mid level to high level of morale and self. Rs14 is an offshoot of the 25 items and measures similar psychological concept. Young 8, 9 conceptualized resilience as a positive person ality characteristic, which would enhance individual adapta. The resilience scale rs, developed by wagnild and young 1993, is a 25 item selfreport questionnaire to identify the degree of individual. Add the value 15 of your responses for all six items, creating a range from 630. Principal components factor analysis of the rs was conducted followed by oblimin rotation indicating that the factor structure represented two factors personal. Frontiers polish version of the resilience scale rs14.
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