Using the CYRM-28 With South African Young People: A Factor Structure Analysis

Purpose: The factor structure of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28) was originally established using a Canadian sample. This factor structure was not confirmed in a study with New Zealand youth. Given such variability, the current study investigated the factor structure of the CYRM-28...

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Published in:Research on social work practice 2019-01, Vol.29 (1), p.93-102
Main Authors: van Rensburg, Angelique C., Theron, Linda C., Ungar, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
African culture
Child psychology
Children
Cultural resources
Factor Structure
Foreign Countries
Goodness of Fit
Likert Scales
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Resilience
Resilience (Psychology)
Social skills
Teenagers
Variability
Youth
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Summary:Purpose: The factor structure of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28) was originally established using a Canadian sample. This factor structure was not confirmed in a study with New Zealand youth. Given such variability, the current study investigated the factor structure of the CYRM-28 in a sample of Sesotho-speaking South African youth who participated in Pathways to Resilience Study. Method: Using latent variable modeling, we tested six varied models in two randomly selected samples (n 1 = 559; n 2 = 578). Results: Fit statistics indicated that a three-factor variation of the New Zealand model, namely, individual, family/relational, and composite context, fitted best. The contextual composite synthesizes the CYRM-28 clusters that measure social skills, educational, spiritual, community, and cultural resources. Conclusion: The contextual composite reflects traditional African ways of being. Accordingly, understanding the factor structure of the CYRM-28 precedes practitioner capacity to promote resilience in an evidence-informed way.
ISSN:1049-7315
1552-7581
DOI:10.1177/1049731517710326