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. Nevertheless, our conceptualisation goes beyond the definition of resilience proposed by luthans, which suggests that it is a recovery process in. Risk and resilience are multifaceted processes, thus characterizing and delineating their role in developmental psychopathology is complex. It is a highly valid and reliable 25item measure and measures resilience in any setting. Resilience and strengthening resilience in individuals. Find out whats new with cdrisc in the most recent update. Wagnild and youngs 1993resilience scale, the connordavidson resilience scale connor and davidson,2003, the resilience scale for adults friborg et al. Brief resilience scale brs please respond to each item by marking. Resilience scale a reliable and valid tool to measure resilience.
Nov 23, 2011 resilience seemed to lie at the core of the recent promotion of positive mental health and wellbeing. The other three assess process resilience or multilevel interactive resilience resources. Frontiers polish version of the resilience scale rs14. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience. The resilience scale rs, developed by wagnild and young 1993, is a 25item selfreport questionnaire to identify the degree of individual. This website is home to the connordavidson resilience scale. Principal components factor analysis of the rs was conducted followed by oblimin. The resilience scale is an international trademark of gail m. However, there is no consensus about a generally accepted scale that could have the most adequate psychometric properties 19. The resilience scale users guide for the us english version of the resilience scale and the 14item resilience scale rs14. A correlational study on dispositional resilience, psychological wellbeing, and coping strategies in university students. The tool can be used to translate a wide range of messages from the science of early child development from individual differences to. Executive summary the resilience scale is an effective simplifying model for channeling thinking about developmental outcomes and resilience.
Pdf this paper describes a quantitative study for the validation of the wagnild and youngs resilience scale to information systems. It was first published in 1993 and is the first resilience assessment to measure. 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 rs25 is an instrument developed by wagnild and young 1993 to assess resilience levels in adults. 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 resilience scale, developed by wagnild and young in 1993, was created and validated with a sample of older adults aged 53 to 95 years. This study describes the development and initial psychometric evaluation of the 25item resilience scale rs in a sample of 810 communitydwelling older adults. A validity study of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in general hospital units and a community sample in nigeria. Psychometric properties of the finnish version of the resilience. The purpose of this study was to validate the resilience scale rs14 wagnild, 2009a,b. Assessing the ability to bounce back article pdf available in international journal of behavioral medicine 153. The connordavidson resilience scale cdrisc25 is a selfadministered scale containing 25 items that exhibit good psychometric properties.
Rs14 is an offshoot of the 25 items and measures similar psychological concept. 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. 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. Each of these scales presents respondents with attitudinal statements. The first crosscultural adaptation to portuguese of the resilience scale from wagnild and young, was conducted by the study group of pesce et al. 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. Resilience scale users guide the resilience center. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience scale. To the right of each you will find seven numbers, ranging from. 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. The purpose of this study was to systematically examine the psychometric properties of the 14item resilience scale rs14. This concept has been well studied in western countries and less in developing countries, particularly nigeria. The resilience scale users guide is included free with the purchase of a. Development of a scale battery for rapid assessment of.
We aimed to examine and assess the psychometric properties of the polish version in three different samples. The purpose of this study was to develop a new resiliency scale rs for turkish samples. 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 authors of the scale applied it in a sample consisting of 810 middleaged adults. Wallston 2004 and wagnild and young resil ience scale. Healy 2009, hansung 2009, burns 2009, conrad 2006, and anderson 2000. 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. 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. Establishing the psychometric qualities of the connor. 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. Psychometric assessment of the wagnild and youngs resilience.
The resilience scale rs, developed by wagnild and young 1993, is a 25 item selfreport questionnaire to identify the degree of individual. The greek version of the resilience scale rs14 medcrave. 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. Resilience and strengthening resilience in individuals january 2011 uk.
The resilience scale includes 25 items reflecting the five characteristics of resilience identified through this qualitative work. Descriptive statistics, reliability, and validity data were also calculated. 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. Wagnild and young 9 have proposed two subcategories, personal competence and acceptance of self and life, based on a principal component analysis. Scale development, reliability and validity study ugur gurgan abstract.
Resilience is a stressresistant construct in human capacity that is dif. The original resilience scale the resilience center. In this crosscultural adaptation, in a factor analysis, the authors found a threefactor solution, with a cronbachs alpha of. The resilience scale wagnild and young, 1993 in nursing literature, the resilience scale. To address limitations in the literature related to measuring. According to the authors of the brs, scores can be interpreted as follows xrefs.
The present paper outlines the development of the protective factors for resilience scale pfrs. 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 resilience scale rs 2 march 3911 please read the following statements. The rs was used to measure the degree of individual resilience. Development of the scale craig harms 1, julie ann pooley and lynne cohen2 abstract. 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. If you have an average score or below, talk to a colleague about those lowscoring items. The possible score range on the brs is from 1 low resilience to 5 high resilience. Resilience scale for adults 21, and the brief resilience scale 22, among others 23. Resilience seemed to lie at the core of the recent promotion of positive mental health and wellbeing. The rs 9 is a selfreport measure, which consists of 25 items on a 5point scale from disagree 1 to agree 5.
Add the value 15 of your responses for all six items, creating a range from 630. Please use the links in the menu above to find out more about the assesment, and how you can obtain a copy. The questions on the 25item connordavidson resilience scale include. How to measure resilience with these 8 resilience scales. She developed the original resilience scale, which was the first of its kind to assess resilience. The predictive 6factor resilience scale the science of. Measures of resilience and an evaluation of the resilience. The brief resilience scale brs was created to assess. Pdf wagnild and youngss resilience scale validation for is.
Exploratory and confirmatory factoranalytic methods were employed, including an analysis of measurement invariance models by sex and raceethnicity. This qualitative study was designed to identify and describe characteristics of successfully adjusted older women. The 25item resilience scale is the original resilience measure and considered the gold standard for resilience assessments among researchers around the world. The wagnild and young resilience scale14 rs14 is a brief measure assessing resilience. 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. Divide the sum by the total number of questions answered 6 for your final score. Gail wagnild has spent the last three decades studying resilience how to measure, strengthen, and celebrate this incredible capacity available to each of us. Principal components factor analysis of the rs was conducted followed. Davidson resilience scale cdrisc, connordavidson resilience scale 10 cdrisc 10, resilience scale. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience scale gail m.
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