Development and validation of a brief measure of psychological resilience: The state–trait assessment of resilience scale

RESUMOObjetivo: Avaliar o nível de resiliência dos portadores de insuficiência renal crônica em tratamento de hemodiálise. Materiais e Métodos: Estudo prospectivo, quantitativo e de abordagem descritiva. A amostra foi constituída por 61 pacientes em tratamento dialítico. Para obtenção dos resultados, foi utilizada a escala de resiliência, desenvolvida por Wagnild e Young (1993) e adaptada por Pesce et al., (2005). Foi aplicado, também, um questionário para caracterização pessoal, familiar, social, econômica e de saúde do grupo. Resultados: Foi constatado que 61% dos pacientes apresentaram tendência à resiliência. O gênero masculino obteve maior pontuação, sugerindo maior tendência à resiliência, bem como os pacientes que são praticantes de uma religião. Conclusão: Os resultados assinalam que os pacientes em tratamento dialítico no hospital apresentam capacidade à resiliência, o que sugere melhor adaptação ao tratamento.Palavras-chave: Avaliação, Resiliência psicológica, Insuficiência renal crônica.ABSTRACTObjective: To evaluate de the level of resilience in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis. Materials and Methods: Prospective, quantitative and descriptive study. The sample consisted of 61 patients on dialysis. To obtain the results we used Resilience Scale developed by Wagnild and Young (1993) and adapted by Pesce et al., (2005). A questionnaire to characterize personal, familiar, social, economic and health status was applied. Results: It was found that 61% of patients showed trend to resilience. Males had higher scores, suggesting more likelihood to resilience, as well as patients who were practitioners of a religion. Conclusion: The results indicate that the majority of patients on dialysis have capability of resilience, which suggests better adaptation to treatment.Keywords: Evaluation, Psychological resilience, Chronic renal insufficiency.

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106 Self-Reported Sleep and Resilience

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleep/zsab072.105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. A43-A44

Author(s):

Michelle Persich ◽

Sara Cloonan ◽

Michael Grandner ◽

William Killgore

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Sleep Time ◽

Self Report ◽

Subjective Perception ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sleep Quantity ◽

The Past ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

Longitudinal Effects

Abstract Introduction Psychological resilience is the ability to withstand setbacks, adapt positively to challenges, and bounce back from the adversities of life. While the construct of resilience is broadly understood, the specific individual factors that contribute to the ability to be resilient and persevere in the face of difficulties remain poorly understood. We recently showed that psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a number of factors, including fewer complaints of insomnia, and others have suggested that sleep is an important contributor. We therefore tested the hypothesis that sleep quality and acute sleep quantity would combine to predict measures of psychological resilience and perseverance (i.e. “grit”). Methods We asked 447 adults (18–40 yrs; 72% female) to report the number of hours of sleep obtained the night before their assessment session (SLEEP), and complete several questionnaires, including the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), Bartone Dispositional Resilience Scale (Hardiness), and the Grit Scale. Sleep metrics were used to predict resilience, hardiness, and grit using multiple linear regression. Results For resilience, PSQI (β=-.201, p<.00003) and SLEEP (β=.155, p<.001) each contributed uniquely to prediction of CD-RISC (R2=.08, p<.00001). Hardiness was also predicted (R2=.08, p<.00001) by a combination of PSQI (β=-.218, p<.00001) and SLEEP (β=.128, p=.007). Interestingly, worse sleep quality over the past month on the PSQI (β=.13, p=.008) in combination with more SLEEP the night before the assessment (β=.137, p=.005) each contributed uniquely to higher Grit (i.e., perseverance; R2=.03, p=.003). Conclusion Self-reported sleep quality and quantity were both independently associated with greater self-reported resilience, hardiness, and grit. While better sleep quality and more sleep the night before testing each uniquely predicted greater resilience and hardiness, a different pattern emerged for Grit. The combination of lower quality sleep over the past month followed by greater recent sleep duration was associated with increased perseverance. Whereas sleep quality appears to be more important for general resilience/hardiness, recent sleep time appears more important for the subjective perception of perseverance. Because these data are purely self-report and cross sectional, future work will need to determine the longitudinal effects on behavior. Support (if any):

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Development and validation of a scale to measure the resilience of schools: Perspectives of young people from vulnerable and challenging territories

Improving Schools ◽

10.1177/1365480221991742 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136548022199174

Author(s):

Ana Milheiro Silva ◽

Sofia Marques da Silva

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

National Level ◽

Principal Component ◽

Border Regions ◽

Educational Pathways ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

12Th Grade ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Territorial Disparities ◽

Development And Validation

This article presents the development and validation of a scale for young people, which measures the resilience of schools in ensuring the educational pathways of students in vulnerable and challenging territories. This scale was developed within a national-level project, conducted in Portuguese border regions with Spain, which are peripheral contexts with economic, social, cultural, and educational disadvantages, but with locally-situated promising dynamics. Resilient schools, from an ecological perspective, are sensitive and committed to their internal and external settings. These schools act as a whole to face problem solving and risk situations, while also needing to support youth educational pathways and fulfill their role. This is particularly important in contexts with territorial disparities and specificities, as is the case of border regions. The Resilience Scale of Schools – Youth Version (RSS-Y) integrates dimensions related to schools’ focus and priorities, as well as practices and resources. Its development took into consideration that schools in vulnerable territories deal with specific constraints and fewer opportunities. In addition, this scale seeks to study the characteristics of resilience that young people identify in their schools and how they perceive their schools’ support. This quantitative scale was developed following a multi-step approach and was applied to 3,968 young people (9th to 12th grade). It comprises 17 items, rated on a five-point Likert scale to assess agreement. Statistical analysis ensure the internal consistency (Factor 1, α = .846; Factor 2, α = .845; Factor 3, α = .789) and the validity of this scale, indicating adequate psychometric properties to measure students’ perspectives on the resilience characteristics of schools. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) proposes a three-factor structure that explains 57.393% of the total variance. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) indicates that this model is a good fit with the data. The RSS-Y can provide an important contribution to educational research developed in more deprived territories, but also to school contexts, since it recognizes the importance of schools’ differentiated approaches and highlights characteristics that promote the resilience and quality of schools.

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Psychological resilience correlates with EEG source-space brain network flexibility

Network Neuroscience ◽

10.1162/netn_a_00079 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 539-550 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Véronique Paban ◽

Julien Modolo ◽

Ahmad Mheich ◽

Mahmoud Hassan

Keyword(s):

Brain Networks ◽

Brain Regions ◽

Brain Network ◽

Personality Testing ◽

Functional Networks ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Full Spectrum ◽

Sliding Windows ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

Network Flexibility

We aimed at identifying the potential relationship between the dynamical properties of the human functional network at rest and one of the most prominent traits of personality, namely resilience. To tackle this issue, we used resting-state EEG data recorded from 45 healthy subjects. Resilience was quantified using the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). By using a sliding windows approach, brain networks in each EEG frequency band (delta, theta, alpha, and beta) were constructed using the EEG source-space connectivity method. Brain networks dynamics were evaluated using the network flexibility, linked with the tendency of a given node to change its modular affiliation over time. The results revealed a negative correlation between the psychological resilience and the brain network flexibility for a limited number of brain regions within the delta, alpha, and beta bands. This study provides evidence that network flexibility, a metric of dynamic functional networks, is strongly correlated with psychological resilience as assessed from personality testing. Beyond this proof-of-principle that reliable EEG-based quantities representative of personality traits can be identified, this motivates further investigation regarding the full spectrum of personality aspects and their relationship with functional networks.

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Biomarkers as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tools for Wildlife Risk Assessment: Integrating Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

Toxicology and Industrial Health ◽

10.1177/074823379801400118 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 14 (1-2) ◽

pp. 291-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Maria Cristina Fossi

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals ◽

The State ◽

Endocrine Disrupting ◽

Development And Validation ◽

State Of Art

The state of art of the biomarker approach in ecotoxicology is reviewed with particular reference to its use in the assessment of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in wildlife. The following topics are discussed: the theoretical basis of the biomarker approach; the advantages of biomarker strategies in biomonitoring programs; application of biomarker strategies in an ecotoxicological context; the main biomarker techniques; interpretation of the results; and the development and validation of nondestructive biomarkers.

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Development and Validation of the Academic Resilience Scale for Undergraduate Students Using Scenario Method

The SNU Journal of Education Research ◽

10.54346/sjer.2021.30.3.29 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 29-57

Author(s):

Sun-Geun Baek ◽

Jiwoo Kim ◽

Hyemin Park

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Academic Resilience ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

Scenario Method ◽

Development And Validation

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Psychological Resilience and Suicide Attempt in Patients With Bipolar Disorder: An Exploratory Study

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association ◽

10.1177/10783903211050682 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107839032110506

Author(s):

María Luisa Fernández-Rocha ◽

Mariano García-Izquierdo ◽

María Isabel Ríos-Rísquez

Keyword(s):

Suicide Risk ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Bipolar Affective Disorder ◽

Recovery Process ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Positive Coping ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

The Unemployed ◽

Depressive Episodes

BACKGROUND: Patients with bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) have a suicide risk of up to 30 times higher than the general population. There is increasing interest in analyzing the effects of resilience in psychiatric diseases and its relationship to other factors such as suicide risk. AIM: The main objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between psychological resilience and suicide attempts, along with other relevant clinical and sociodemographic variables in euthymic patients with BPAD. METHODS: Eighty six outpatients, more than 18 years old, mostly men (60.5%) with BPAD type 1, 2, mixed, and unspecified, in euthymic phase receiving antidepressant and/or euthimizing treatment, participated in the study. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were assessed by means of a questionnaire and psychological resilience by means of Connor-Davidson’s 10-item Resilience Scale. RESULTS: Patients with previous autolytic attempts scored significantly lower in resilience than those who had not attempted suicide ( T = 3.30; p ≤ .001; 20.61 ± 6.58 vs. 26.52 ± 7.29). Patients diagnosed with BPAD scored significantly lower than other samples of university participants, workers, and the unemployed. The number of depressive episodes experienced was negatively and significantly associated with resilience scores ( r = −.28; p < .01). CONCLUSIONS: Patients diagnosed with BPAD who had made autolytic attempts had lower resilience scores than those who had not made them and lower scores than other general nonpsychiatric samples. The promotion of resilience in patients diagnosed with BPAD would facilitate a more adaptive and positive coping with the disease and their recovery process.

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Innovation Diffusion and New Product Growth Models in Marketing

Journal of Marketing ◽

10.1177/002224297904300407 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 55-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

Vijay Mahajan ◽

Eitan Muller

Keyword(s):

Innovation Diffusion ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Growth Models ◽

New Product ◽

Diffusion Models ◽

The State ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Further Development

This paper assesses the state-of-the-art of the diffusion models of new product acceptance. A number of issues related to the further development and validation of these models are discussed.

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