Measuring resilience among homeless youth: psychometric assessment of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in Ghana

Asante, Kwaku Oppong; Meyer-Weitz, Anna

doi:10.1080/14330237.2014.980620

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“…The CD-RISC has been translated into over 50 languages and has been tested in several different contexts and specific populations: on the general population,7–9 post-9/11 US military veterans,10 United States Air Force,11 adolescents,12 university students,13 14 young adults,15 older adults,16 earthquake survivors,5 adolescent earthquake survivors,17 homeless youth,18 caregivers with chronic stress,19 people with spinal cord injuries,20 rehabilitation patients after unintentional injury21 and sport performers,22 among many others.…”

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Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: validation study in a Portuguese sample

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ObjectiveThe objective of this paper was to evaluate the structural validity and convergent validity of the first Portuguese version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).SettingsThe data sets come from two studies conducted in Portugal, respectively, from the Resilience Effect in Coping with Trauma (RECT) project and from the Health Impact Assessment of Employment Strategies (HIAES) project.ParticipantsThe sample is composed of 476 participants from the RECT project and 405 participants from the HIAES project. In both projects, convenience samples were used.MeasuresThe original CD-RISC items were translated to Portuguese and were used in a survey along with additional psychosocial and biomedical measures.ResultsIndependent exploratory factorial analysis (EFA) with each of the two samples revealed that the best solution in both samples had three factors consistent with the self-efficacy, spirituality and social support factors from the original scale. A Confirmatory factor analysis using the two samples together and specifying the three factors from the EFA revealed a good overall fit and, comparatively, better fit than a model specified with the five factors from the original scale. The study of the convergent validity revealed that bivariate correlations between the three factors and validated measures of stress, life satisfaction, mental health and physical health are globally consistent with previous research.ConclusionsThis study makes available to the broad Community of Portuguese Language Countries a validated measure of resilience extensively used for research and intervention. The results encourage future studies using this translated version of CD-RISC to explore further the three-factor structure found here and to test the convergent validity with new samples.

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Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: validation study in a Portuguese sample

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“…An initial study of the psychometrics of the CD-RISC supported its test-retest reliability and internal consistency in general population and patient samples 12. Several studies examine the psychometric properties of CD-RISC, assessing its validity and reliability. These studies documented that the scale has good psychometric properties (validity and reliability) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] in the Western world. However, we have a little evidence of good psychometric properties in the Arabic and Islamic World, so we did the current study to have a validated tool in measuring resilience.…”

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Examining the Psychometrics of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) among Medical Staff Members at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt

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Kamal

Fouad

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Objectives: This study aims to investigate the level of Career Resilience among Medical Staff members and examine the psychometrics of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Subjects and Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study; the study population included medical staff from basic and clinical departments at the Faculty Of Medicine, Suez Canal University (FOM-SCU) (n=75). The instrument was Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) to assess medical staffs’ career resilience. Results: This study reveals that the medical staff at FOM-SCU agreed that things happen for a reason, past success gives them confidence for new challenge and, sometimes fate or God can help (78%, 72% and 72%, respectively). Ninety two percent of participants had a resilience score of ?50%. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) of the CD-RISC was conducted. This analysis yielded four factors. These factors were labeled as follows: Factor 1: Personal Competence, Factor 2: Tolerance of Negative Affect; Factor 3: Acceptance of change, secure relationships, and spiritual influences; and Factor 4: Control. Conclusion: The findings revealed that the medical staff received a high level of career resilience, and they especially felt that God gives them confidence. Resilience reveals how the medical staff copes with change and how they face challenges and risk events in the health profession. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the CD-RISC questionnaire and concluded that it is a reliable and valid instrument to measure career resilience in medical staff.

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