Psychometric properties of the 10-item Conner-Davidson resilience scale on toxic chemical-exposed workers in South Korea

Abstract

BackgroundResilient individuals have a comprehensive ability to adapt to various life circumstances. Psychological resilience predicts an individual’s physiological response to stress. The 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is a widely used measure to quantify the level of self-perceived resilience. This study examined the psychometric properties of a Korean version of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (10-item K-CD-RISC) on workers in Gumi, South Korea, exposed to hydrofluoric acid (HF).MethodsThe questionnaires included the 10-item K-CD-RISC and Beck Anxiety Inventor (BAI), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised-Korean version (IES-R-K), the Rosen-berg Self Esteem Scale (RSES), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). These were randomly distributed at 237 workplaces near the HF-spill site, in the Gumi 4 complex. The responses of 991 (67.3%) workers were analyzed.ResultsThe exploratory factor analysis shown that a single-factor model was consistent with the original design of the 10-item CD-RISC. The scale also demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.95). Scores on the scale reflected different levels of resilience with respect to personal factors (age, gender, marital status, and education and income levels) that are thought to be differentiated. Differences of resilience were also reflected by psychiatric symptoms (anxiety and depression). Moreover, the total score of scale positively correlated with RSES, whereas the IES-R-K, BAI, CES-D, and the PSS negatively correlated with the 10-item K-CD-RISC.ConclusionsThe 10-item K-CD-RISC has good psychometric properties and is applicable for victims exposed to noxious chemical such as HF.

Affect Recall Bias: Being Resilient by Distorting Reality

“…Higher total scores indicate greater resilience. The CD-RISC10 has been shown to have good internal consistency (Shin et al 2018;Singh and Yu 2017). In our sample, the CD-RISC-10 showed high internal consistency (α = .843).…”

Biased Affective Forecasting: A Potential Mechanism That Enhances Resilience and Well-Being

“…a mood or attitude associated with an expectation about the social or material future" (Tiger, 1979), which has been shown to increase people's skills to deal with challenging events (Carver et al, 2012) and to be associated with higher subjective well-being, health and life success (Forgeard and Seligman, 2012). Beyond the conceptualization of optimism as an explanatory style (Seligman, 1991), the definition of optimism as one's disposition to hold favorable or unfavorable expectations and beliefs about the future seems to be more coherent with our results (Carver and Scheier, 2014). In this regard, we suggest that positively biased affective forecasting may in part reflect one's dispositional optimism, and it may constitute a mechanism that increases people's skills to deal with daily events, thus having a positive impact on psychological well-being.…”

“…Resilience was assessed using the Spanish adaptation (Notario-Pacheco et al, 2011) of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC10) (Campbell-Sills and Stein, 2007), a self-report scale with good psychometric properties (Singh and Yu, 2017;Shin et al, 2018) that measures resilience over the previous 30 days ("I can deal with whatever comes my way"; "I think of myself as a strong person when dealing with life's challenges and difficulties"). In our sample, the CD-RISC10 showed high internal consistency (α = 0.85).…”

Validação Exploratória e Confirmatória da Escala de Resiliência Connor-Davidson (CD-RISC-10) numa Amostra de Inscritos em Centros de Emprego

“…20,22,50,52 A análise fatorial exploratória e confirmatória corroborou as boas propriedades psicométricas, e a unidimensionalidade da escala à semelhança do proposto pelos autores Campbell-Sills et al (2007), assim como noutros estudos em diferentes culturas, idades e contextos. [20][21][22][23][24][25]28,52 Contudo alguns estudos evidenciaram mais de uma dimensão pelo que será necessário continuar a investigar noutras populações e contextos. 34,50 A validade de critério da escala foi confirmada através da validade convergente e divergente.…”

“…9 Outros investigadores têm corroborado a sua unidimensionalidade, as suas boas qualidades psicométricas e a sua facilidade de aplicação em populações, culturas e contextos diferentes. 17,18,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] Quanto à análise de invariância da escala CD-RISC, entre grupos, ainda são escassos os trabalhos de investigação. Burns et al (2010) confirmaram, numa coorte de australianos a invariância configuracional e métrica da escala CD-RISC 25 entre géneros, no grupo etário dos 20 aos 24 anos.…”