The Resilience Scale for Adults: Construct Validity and Measurement in a Belgian Sample

Hjemdal, Odin; Friborg, Oddgeir; Braun, Stéphanie; Kempenaers, Chantal; Linkowski, Paul; Fossion, Pierre

doi:10.1080/15305058.2010.508570

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“…The convergent validity of the READ has been supported, where READ shows negative correlations with depression , anxiety , stress and obsessive–compulsive symptoms . Furthermore, the study of von Soest et al.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The convergent validity of the READ has been supported, where READ shows negative correlations with depression (1,10,26,27), anxiety (4,22,27), stress and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (22,26). Furthermore, the study of von Soest et al (22) found significant weakto-moderate correlations between all READ factors and socio-economic status, interaction with family and friends, drug use and general health.…”

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“…Items are rated on a five‐point Likert scale, ranging from totally agree to totally disagree, where higher scores indicate stronger resilience (Table ). The READ has provided support for a five‐factor structure: (i) Personal competence reflects having confidence in one's own abilities and judgements, self‐efficacy and realistic expectations; (ii) Social competence contains social warmth and flexibility, the ability to establish friendships, and the positive use of humour; (iii) Structured style measures the preference of having and following routines, being organised and the preference of having clear goals and plans before undertaking activities; (iv) Family Cohesion includes whether values are shared in the family and feelings of mutual appreciation and support; and (v) Social Resources assessing the availability of social support outside the family (such as friends or other family members) . Table presents Cronbach's α for all scales in the present study.…”

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Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in Norwegian adolescents 13–18 years

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Haugan

2017

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in Norwegian adolescents 13–18 years

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2017

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“…Later confirmatory factor analyses indicated a better fit when splitting one of the five factors. The final version has a six factor solution (Friborg et al ., 2005; Hjemdal et al, 2006) with factors named: 1) Perception of self (Cronbach’s α = .74), 2) Planned future (α = .73), 3) Social competence (α = .83), 4) Structured style (α = .80), 5) Family cohesion (α = .80), and 6) Social resources (α = .74) (Friborg et al, 2005; Hjemdal et al ., 2006). The procedure for translation of the RSA is that two independent persons translate from English to Portuguese, afterwards two new independent persons back-translate from Portuguese to English.…”

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The cross-cultural validity of the Resilience Scale for Adults: a comparison between Norway and Brazil

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Background The resilience construct is of increasing interest in clinical and health psychology. The Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) is a measure of protective factors. The evidence supporting its construct validity is good, however evidence of cross-cultural validity is modest.The present study explored the factorial invariance of the RSA across a Brazilian and a Norwegian sample, as well as the construct validity in the Brazilian sample.MethodsThe Brazilian sample (N = 222) completed the Hopkins Symptom Check List-25 (HSCL-25), the Sense of Coherence (SOC), and the RSA. The Norwegian sample (N = 314) was included in order to examine the factorial invariance.ResultsThe results indicated that the latent constructs of the RSA (its primary factors) are the same in the Brazilian sample as in the Norwegian sample. The correlations between the subscales of the RSA were significant. In the Brazilian sample, the correlations with HSCL-25 and SOC were negative and positive, respectively, thus supporting its construct validity.ConclusionThe results indicate that the original factor structure of the RSA based on Norwegian samples remains stable in a Brazilian sample.

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“…A range of studies confirm the validity of these six RSA factors (Hjemdal, 2007;Windle, Bennett, & Noyes, 2011), as well as crosscultural validity (Hjemdal et al, 2011;Hjemdal, Roazzi, Dias, & Friborg, 2015;Jowkar, Friborg, & Hjemdal, 2010). A short version (12 items) was prepared for the current epidemiological SAMINOR2 study by selecting four of the highest loadings items from each of the three factors personal strength, social competence and family cohesion.…”

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Resilience to Discrimination Among Indigenous Sami and Non-Sami Populations in Norway: The SAMINOR2 Study

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Sørlie

Hansen

2017

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Discrimination is generally negative for mental health and well-being; however, few studies have examined protective effects of resilience factors, especially among minority indigenous people. Here, we validated a short version of the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) and examined its protective effects against discrimination among Norwegian indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations. Data come from a large population-based survey of health and living conditions in multiethnic areas among indigenous Sami and non-Sami population (the SAMINOR2 study). The information was collected in 2012 from 11,600 participants (18-69 years old). The main outcome measures were mental health (or distress) as measured with the Hopkins Symptom Check List (HSCL-10) and well-being as measured with the WHO-5 index by the World Health Organization. A 10-item short version of the original RSA (33 items) showed good model fit in all ethnic strata as well as factorial invariance, thus indicating cross-cultural validity. Being exposed to discrimination in general was more negative for the main outcome measures than exposure to ethnic discrimination alone; however, high scores on the RSA-10 almost canceled this negative effect completely. Minority participants with a strong Sami identity (N = 1,270) were least negatively influenced by discrimination, whereas majority ethnic Norwegians (N = 5,233) were most negatively affected. The strong Sami subgroup, thus, showed a remarkable resilience despite considerable exposure to discrimination. Members of this group were synergetically protected by individual (personal strength) and family (cohesion) resilience factors.

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The Resilience Scale for Adults: Construct Validity and Measurement in a Belgian Sample

Cited by 109 publications

References 33 publications

Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in Norwegian adolescents 13–18 years

Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in Norwegian adolescents 13–18 years

The cross-cultural validity of the Resilience Scale for Adults: a comparison between Norway and Brazil

Resilience to Discrimination Among Indigenous Sami and Non-Sami Populations in Norway: The SAMINOR2 Study

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