Affiliations 

  • 1 Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • 2 Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, USA
  • 4 Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Faculty of Education, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey
  • 5 Department of Nursing, Bojnurd Faculty of Nursing, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • 6 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • 7 School of nursing and midwifery, Iran University of Medical Science, Iran
  • 8 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
J Child Adolesc Ment Health, 2021;33(1-3):111-122.
PMID: 38041437 DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2023.2274339

Abstract

Background: Resilience is a measure of the ability to cope with stress and the accurate measurement of it is critical. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in Iranian adolescents during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, after the scale translation, the content and construct validity were assessed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Moreover, internal consistency, composite reliability, and invariance measurement were evaluated.Results: The content validity ratio was greater than 0.49, and the modified kappa coefficient for all items was higher than 0.6. With exploratory factor analysis, two factors were extracted consisting of 16 items and explaining 43% of the total variance. The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fit for the model. Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability for both factors were greater than 0.7. Although there is no significant difference (p = 0.09) in the average resilience of adolescents in different provinces, boys (42.64 ± 10.90) had a significantly (p < 0.001) higher resilience score than girls (40.10 ± 11.92).Conclusion: The study results showed that the Persian 16-item version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale has acceptable reliability and validity in the Iranian adolescent population.

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