Resiliency Scale (RS): Scale Development, Reliability and Validity Study

Year 2006, Volume: 39 Issue: 2, 45 - 74, 01.10.2006

Uğur Gürgan

https://doi.org/10.1501/Egifak_0000000140

Cited By: 3

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a new Resiliency Scale (RS) for Turkish samples. Various items from some major resiliency scales, most of them with some partial change, were collected and a pool of 228 items containing almost all possible resilience areas were obtained. This item-pool was administered to a college sample of 419. Resulting of analysis 50 item RS were obtained and administered to a new college sample of 112 participants. This second sample has also received the Rosenbaum’s Learned Resourcefulness Hopelessness Scale and Problem Solving Inventory. Results, Pearson Locus

Keywords

Resiliency Scale, resilience, scale development, reliability, validity, factor analysis