Resiliency Across Cultures: A Validation of the Resiliency Scale for Young Adults

Abstract

This study presents a cross-cultural validation of the recently developed Resiliency Scale for Young Adults (RSYA) with a sample of 289 Canadian university students and 259 Italian university students. The RSYA demonstrated good internal consistency across the two samples and acceptable retest reliability for the Canadian sample. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor, 10-facet structure of the RSYA, and comparison of the two country samples found metric invariance. As expected, positive correlations also emerged between resiliency and trait emotional intelligence in both samples. Finally, correlations with personality variables were explored in both samples. The present findings provide further support for the RSYA as a valid and reliable measure of personal resiliency for both Canadian and Italian young adults, and for the cross-cultural generalizability of the three-factor model of personal resiliency upon which it is based.

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“…Lastly, individuals who score high on emotional reactivity may experience greater emotional challenges when faced with new social and academic pressures (Prince-Embury et al, 2017). This three-factor model has been utilized in young adult samples in both Canada (Prince-Embury et al, 2017;Vesely, Saklofske, & Nordstokke, 2014;Wilson et al, 2017) and Italy (Di Fabio & Saklofske, 2018;Wilson et al, 2019).…”

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“…Given that emotional reactivity represents a vulnerability factor and this study is primarily concerned with the protective factors of resiliency, only the two protective factors (i.e., sense of relatedness and sense of mastery) were included as predictors. Previous research has supported construct validity of the factor structure, reliability, and concurrent validity with related psychological concepts (Prince-Embury et al, 2017; Wilson et al, 2017). (SWLS;Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985).…”

“…Resiliency Scale for Young Adults (RSYA; Prince-Embury, Saklofske, & Nordstokke, 2017; Wilson et al, 2017). The RYSA is comprised of 50 items that measures three factors of personal resiliency, including sense of mastery, sense of relatedness, and emotional reactivity (Prince-Embury, 2006; Prince-Embury & Saklofske, 2013) on a 5-point scale 0 (never) to 4 (almost always).…”

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