Evaluation and Psychometric Status of the Brief Resilience Scale in a Sample of Malaysian International Students

Amat, Salleh; Subhan, Mhd; Jaafar, Wan Marzuki Wan; Mahmud, Zuria; Johari, Ku Suhaila Ku

doi:10.5539/ass.v10n18p240

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“…The present research aimed to explore the psychometric proprieties for the Arabic version of the MAAS and BRS, the result confirms the structural validity and reliability of the two scales as a unidimensional construct. These results are similar to the findings of recent studies in many cultures (Amat, Subhan, Jaafar, Mahmud, & Johari, 2014;Rodríguez-Rey, Alonso-Tapia, & Hernansaiz-Garrido, 2016;Smith, Epstein, Ortiz, Christopher, & Tooley, 2013). We concluded that the Arabic version of both scales are unidimensional and have an acceptable reliability as well as the original version.…”

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Could Resilience and Flourishing be Mediators in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Life Satisfaction for Saudi College Students? A Psychometric and Exploratory Study

Younes¹,

Alzahrani²

2018

J. educ. psychol. stud.

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In There are few Arabic studies examining the disposition of mindfulness, resilience, and well-being of college students. The purpose of the present study is to examine the factor structure and internal consistency of the Arabic version of mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS) and the brief resilience scale, and to test a model that describes the role of resilience and well-being, in relation to mindfulness and life satisfaction. For this reason, a study of two folds was conducted with the assistance of Umm Al-Quraa University students (n = 562; n = 534). Mindfulness, resilience, flourishing and life satisfaction scales are the variables that were used. Results show that both mindfulness and resilience scales were revealed to be unidimensional and have high reliability estimates. Both resilience and flourishing are partial mediators in the relationship between mindful and life satisfaction. In addition, resilience had an impact on flourishing. Mindfulness partially had an effect on life satisfaction. In conclusion, mindfulness and resilience scales had good structural validity and reliability.

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Could Resilience and Flourishing be Mediators in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Life Satisfaction for Saudi College Students? A Psychometric and Exploratory Study

Younes¹,

Alzahrani²

2018

J. educ. psychol. stud.

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“…In the Malaysian version of the BRS, administered in 120 international students, a one‐factor structure was identified with EFA. CFA's were not performed . Covariance matrices of those studies were not obtained after contacting the authors by email.…”

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“…CFA's were not performed. 16 Covariance matrices of those studies were not obtained after contacting the authors by email. Summarized, the BRS appears to have higher internal consistency in clinical settings 13,18 compared to healthy populations.…”

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Measurement properties and implications of the Brief Resilience Scale in healthy workers

Soer

Dijkstra

Bieleman

et al. 2019

Journal of Occupational Health

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Objectives The aim of this study was to study measurement properties of the Dutch Language Version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS‐DLV) in blue and white collar workers employed at multiple companies and to compare the validity and factor structure to other language versions. Methods Workers (n = 1023) were assessed during a cross‐sectional health surveillance. Construct validity was tested with exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA) and hypothesis testing. Reliability was tested with Cronbach's alpha. Results A two‐factor structure of the BRS‐DLV had good model fit in both EFA and CFA, which could be explained by difficulties of workers with reversed order items. After excluding these inconsistent answering patterns, a one‐factor structure showed good model fit resembling the original BRS (χ 2 = 16.5; CFI & TLI = 0.99; SRMR = 0.02;RMSEA = 0.04). Internal consistency is sufficient (Cronbach's α = 0.78). All five hypotheses were confirmed, suggesting construct validity. Conclusions Reliability of the BRS‐DLV is sufficient and there is evidence of construct validity. Inconsistent answering, however, caused problems in interpretation and factor structure of the BRS‐DLV. This can be easily detected and handled because item 2, 4 and 6 are in reversed order. Other language versions differ in factor structure, most likely because systematic errors are not corrected for. To collect valid data, it is advised to be aware of inconsistent answering of respondents.

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“…Samples included two special populations with chronic pains: cardiac rehabilitation patients Psychology and women with fibromyalgia. Consequently, BRS was validated in many different samples in Malaysia (Amat, et al, 2014), Brazil (de Holanda Coelho et al, 2016), Spain (Rodríguez-Rey, Alonso-Tapia, & Hernansaiz-Garrido, 2016), Germany (Chmitorz et al, 2018), and Holland (Consten, 2016).…”

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“…BRS was adapted for the Malaysian context (Amat et al, 2014) in a sample of 120 international university students, 63% males. The single factor structure of the original version was verified using PCA.…”

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Psychometric Evidence of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and Modeling Distinctiveness of Resilience from Depression and Stress

Kyriazos¹,

Stalikas²,

Prassa³

et al. 2018

PSYCH

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure and measurement invariance across gender and age of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) in 2272 Greek adults of the general population. The sample was split into three parts (20%, 40%, 40%). EFA was carried out in the first subsample (20%) evaluating 3 models. CFA was next carried out in the second subsample (40%) evaluating seven models. All models were examined further in a different CFA with a subsample of equal power (40%). The single factor of BRS was deemed unstable across the two CFA subsamples. A two-factor model was the optimal model emerged in the Greek context. Measurement invariance across gender and age was successfully established. Internal consistency reliability (α and ω) and AVE based convergent validity were adequate for the entire BRS. A consistent pattern of relationships emerged from correlation analysis with 12 different measures, suggesting convergent and discriminant validity. The distinctiveness of BRS from depression and stress was evidenced using CFA and EFA with different compound models of BRS and scales of depression, anxiety, and stress. These findings further confirmed that the Greek version of BRS has construct validity.

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Evaluation and Psychometric Status of the Brief Resilience Scale in a Sample of Malaysian International Students

Cited by 51 publications

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Could Resilience and Flourishing be Mediators in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Life Satisfaction for Saudi College Students? A Psychometric and Exploratory Study

Could Resilience and Flourishing be Mediators in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Life Satisfaction for Saudi College Students? A Psychometric and Exploratory Study

Measurement properties and implications of the Brief Resilience Scale in healthy workers

Psychometric Evidence of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and Modeling Distinctiveness of Resilience from Depression and Stress

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