The Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire: Validation of a Shortened Version in U.S. Youths

Resilience is a factor in how youth respond to adversity. The 88-item Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire is a comprehensive, multi-dimensional self-report measure of resilience developed with Australian youth. Using a cross-sectional adolescent population ( = 3,222), confirmatory factor analysis wa...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2020-11, Vol.11, p.606373-606373
Main Authors: Anderson, Jacqueline R, Killian, Michael, Hughes, Jennifer L, Rush, A John, Trivedi, Madhukar H
Format: Article
Language:English
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adolescence
assessment
Psychology
psychometrics
resilience (psychological)
youth
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Summary:Resilience is a factor in how youth respond to adversity. The 88-item Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire is a comprehensive, multi-dimensional self-report measure of resilience developed with Australian youth. Using a cross-sectional adolescent population ( = 3,222), confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to replicate the original factor structure. Over half of the adolescents were non-white and 9th graders with a mean age of 15.5. Our exploratory factor analysis shortened the measure for which we conducted the psychometric analyses. The original factor structure was not replicated. The exploratory factor analysis provided a 49-item measure. Internal consistency reliability for all 12 factors ranged from acceptable (α> 0.70-0.80). The revised factor total scores were highly and significantly correlated with item-total correlation coefficients ( > 0.63, < 0.001). This revised shorter 49-item version of the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire could be deployed and has acceptable psychometric properties.
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606373