Resilience among Women of Childbearing Age from Arequipa, Peru: Psychometric and Associative Analysis

Abstract

Resilience is one of the most important variables in the development of healthy pregnancies although there have been limited investigations within local contexts. The present study had a double purpose: first, to analyze the psychometric properties of the Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale, and second, to evaluate the sociodemographic and obstetric variables associated with resilience in fertile-age women from Arequipa City. This is an instrumental and associative study, in which a sample of 248 women who attended a health center located in Alto Selva Alegre district, were assessed using the Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale, and a sociodemographic survey. The results suggest that the resilience scale is valid and reliable. Moreover, 46.8% of the women were assessed as having low resilience. It was also found that resilience was associated with age, educational attainment, marital status, productive activities, the desire for pregnancy, and domestic violence during pregnancy. Educational attainment and domestic violence during pregnancy had a positive impact on resilience.

Resiliencia en estudiantes universitarios de Arequipa: Análisis psicométrico de la Escala de Resiliencia de Wagnild y Young y comparaciones en función del sexo y la edad

“…Castilla et al (2013) también validaron la Escala de Resiliencia en 427 universitarios de Lima y reportaron cuatro factores mediante análisis factorial exploratorio y una alta consistencia interna para la escala global (α= .906). Más recientemente, Huamani et al (2023) investigaron las propiedades psicométricas de este instrumento en mujeres de la ciudad de Arequipa y reportaron una estructura de cinco factores: satisfacción personal, ecuanimidad, autoconfianza, perseverancia y soledad existencial o sentirse bien solo, con adecuados índices de bondad de ajuste e índices de confiabilidad aceptables (ω < .6) para los factores de ecuanimidad y sentirse bien solo, adecuados para satisfacción personal (ω < .7) y óptimos para autoconfianza y perseverancia (ω < .80).…”

“…En Lima, la escala original fue adaptada y analizada por Castilla et al (2014) reportando cuatro factores mediante AFE y una confiabilidad alta. En Arequipa, Huamani et al (2023) reportaron una estructura de cinco dimensiones con niveles variables de confiabilidad, pero fue aplicada solamente a mujeres.…”