Resiliency Across Cultures: A Validation of the Resiliency Scale for Young Adults

This study presents a cross-cultural validation of the recently developed Resiliency Scale for Young Adults (RSYA) with a sample of 289 Canadian university students and 259 Italian university students. The RSYA demonstrated good internal consistency across the two samples and acceptable retest reliability for the Canadian sample. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor, 10-facet structure of the RSYA, and comparison of the two country samples found metric invariance. As expected, positive correlations also emerged between resiliency and trait emotional intelligence in both samples. Finally, correlations with personality variables were explored in both samples. The present findings provide further support for the RSYA as a valid and reliable measure of personal resiliency for both Canadian and Italian young adults, and for the cross-cultural generalizability of the three-factor model of personal resiliency upon which it is based.

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The Resiliency Scale for Young Adults

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment ◽

10.1177/0734282916641866 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 276-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Sandra Prince-Embury ◽

Donald H. Saklofske ◽

David W. Nordstokke

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Emotional Reactivity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Divergent Validity ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Personal Resiliency ◽

Three Factor

The Resiliency Scale for Young Adults (RSYA) is presented as an upward extension of the Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA). The RSYA is based on the three-factor model of personal resiliency including mastery, relatedness, and emotional reactivity. Several stages of scale development and studies leading to the current RSYA are described that provide construct validity (i.e., internal consistency, confirmatory factor analyses, and convergent–divergent validity) support for the three-factor structure and 10 subscales of this measure for young adults who are attending college. This work is a step in a longer-term project of translating the constructs of personal resiliency for application across the life span.

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Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Antonovsky’s Orientation to Life Questionnaire: Comparison Between Australian, Finnish, and Turkish Young Adults

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/0033294118765420 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 122 (2) ◽

pp. 731-747 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Timo Lajunen

Keyword(s):

Cultural Differences ◽

Factor Model ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Life Questionnaire ◽

Single Factor ◽

Scale Scores ◽

Health And Well Being ◽

Three Factor ◽

Single Factor Model

Antonovsky’s concept “sense of coherence” (SOC) and the related measurement instrument “The Orientation to Life Questionnaire” (OLQ) has been widely applied in studies on health and well-being. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the cultural differences in factor structures and psychometric properties as well as mean scores of the 13-item form of Antonovsky’s OLQ among Australian (n = 201), Finnish (n = 203), and Turkish (n = 152) students. Three models of factor structure were studied by using confirmatory factor analysis: single-factor model, first-order correlated-three-factor model, and the second-order three-factor model. Results obtained in all three countries suggest that the first- and second-order three-factor models fitted the data better that the single-factor model. Hence, the OLQ scoring based on comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness scales was supported. Scale reliabilities and inter-correlations were in line with those reported in earlier studies. Two-way analyses of variance (gender × nationality) with age as a covariate showed no cultural differences in SOC scale scores. Women got higher scores on the meaningfulness scale than men, and age was positively related to all SOC scale scores indicating that SOC increases in early adulthood. The results support the three-factor model of OLQ which thus should be used in Australia, Finland, and Turkey instead of a single-factor model. Need for cross-cultural studies taking into account cultural correlates of SOC and its relation to health and well-being indicators as well as studies on gender differences in the OLQ are emphasized.

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Three-Factor Model of Personal Resiliency and Related Interventions

The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality - Resilience Interventions for Youth in Diverse Populations ◽

10.1007/978-1-4939-0542-3_3 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 25-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Sandra Prince-Embury

Keyword(s):

Factor Model ◽

Personal Resiliency ◽

Three Factor

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Attitudes toward Suicide: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Singaporean and Australian University Students

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.2190/menk-8y8p-9tuj-44cy ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 125-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

George Domino ◽

Sushila Niles ◽

Sunita Devi Raj

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

University Students ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Religious Attendance ◽

Cultural Comparison ◽

Cross Cultural Comparison ◽

Two Samples ◽

Mean Differences ◽

Attitudes Toward Suicide

The Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ), a measure of attitudes toward suicide, was administered to two samples of university students, one from Singapore ( n = 100) and one from Australia ( n = 82). Of the fifteen SOQ factors, ten showed statistically significant mean differences, with Singaporean students endorsing greater disagreement on the factors of Acceptability and Demographic aspects, and Australian students endorsing greater disagreement on the factors of Suicide as semiserious, Religion, Lethality, Normality, Irreversibility, Aging, Individual Aspects, and Sensation seeking. A regression analysis of the SOQ factors as related to self-reported religiosity indicated that for the Singaporean students religious attendance was related to the SOQ factors of Acceptability, Mental and Moral Illness, and Lethality, while self-reported degree of religiosity was related to the SOQ factor of Religion. For the Australian students degree of religiosity was related to the SOQ factors of Acceptability, Mental and Moral Illness, and Religion.

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Validity and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the Resiliency Scale for Young Adults – Spanish Version

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000563 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (5) ◽

pp. 918-922

Author(s):

Rachel A. Plouffe ◽

Hiten P. Dave ◽

Claire A. Wilson ◽

Gabriela Topa ◽

Alex Riggin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Internal Consistency Reliability ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Measurement Tool ◽

Cultural Validity ◽

The Face ◽

High Internal Consistency ◽

Personal Resiliency ◽

Substantial Change

Abstract. Emerging adulthood represents a time of substantial change and unpredictability. Personal resiliency is defined as an ability to adapt and thrive in the face of challenging circumstances. This study evaluated the cross-cultural validity of a new Spanish translation of the Resiliency Scale for Young Adults (RSYA) using samples of 393 young adults (66.2% women) from Spain (ages 18–30 years, Mage = 25.88, SDage = 2.87) and 365 young adults (71.23% women) from Canada (ages 18–30 years, Mage = 18.56, SDage = 1.26). Results showed that scores on the Spanish RSYA demonstrated high internal consistency reliability, convergent validity, a sound three-factor structure, and partial scalar invariance. Overall, the RSYA translation is a promising theory-based measurement tool designed for use in Spanish young adult samples.

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Psycho-lexically based Openness to Experience

International Journal of Personality Psychology ◽

10.21827/ijpp.7.38194 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 48-57

Author(s):

Boele De Raad ◽

B.F. Mulder ◽

Dick P.H. Barelds

Keyword(s):

Factor Model ◽

Openness To Experience ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Facet Structure ◽

Two Samples ◽

Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽

Trait Model

We investigated whether NEO-PI-R Openness to Experience (Costa & McCrae, 1992) and its six facets could be identified in the natural trait lexicon. To represent the NEO-PI-R Openness, a list of 113 items was selected from a lexically derived trait list developed for the eight-factor trait model of De Raad and Barelds (2008). We used ratings from two samples. The first (N=271) filled out the lexical Openness scales, the NEO-PI-R Openness scales, and scales measuring the eight-factor model. From the second sample (N=1,466), ratings were used to analyze the lexical Openness scales. Correlations between the eight-factor scales and the two sets of Openness scales indicated that Openness scales are fairly covered by the eight factors, except for the Ideas and Values facets of the NEO-PI-R. The lexical Openness scales correlated well with the NEO-PI-R Openness scales. Openness to Experience and its six facets were identified in the natural trait lexicon, but exploratory factor analyses did not support the six-facet structure of the NEO-PI-R Openness, neither did they lead to a similar six-facet structure across samples. Moreover, it did not consistently support a proposed two-facet structure emphasizing internal openness (fantasy, aesthetics) and external openness (ideas, change).

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Evidence for Cultural Variability in Right-Wing Authoritarianism Factor Structure in a Politically Unstable Context

Social Psychological and Personality Science ◽

10.1177/1948550619882038 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 658-666

Author(s):

Felipe Vilanova ◽

Taciano L. Milfont ◽

Clara Cantal ◽

Silvia Helena Koller ◽

Ângelo Brandelli Costa

Keyword(s):

Factor Model ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Right Wing ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Cultural Validity ◽

Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Explanatory Concept ◽

Three Factor

Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) has been a central explanatory concept and predictor of sociopolitical and intergroup attitudes over the last decades. Research indicates RWA is formed by the subdimensions of authoritarianism, traditionalism, and conservatism. The objective of this study was to assess the cross-cultural validity of this three-factor model in a politically unstable context where an alternative factor model was observed. Data from four Brazilian samples ( N total = 1,083) were assessed to test whether a four-factor model (with conservatism split) identified in Brazil recently was better fitting than the three-factor model. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and 3-year longitudinal evidence confirmed the four-factor model is the best RWA structure in the Brazilian context and that only the pro-trait conservatism items indexing submission to authority have adequate psychometric properties. Implications for future RWA propositions are discussed.

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Factorial Validity of the Job Expectations Questionnaire in a Sample of Mexican Workers

The Spanish Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5209/rev_sjop.2011.v14.n2.46 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 1010-1017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fabiola Itzel Villa-George ◽

Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez ◽

Alfredo Rodríguez-Muñoz ◽

Jessica Villalpando Uribe

Keyword(s):

Cross Validation ◽

Factor Model ◽

Factorial Validity ◽

Factor Solution ◽

Job Expectations ◽

Administrative Work ◽

Two Samples ◽

High Internal Consistency ◽

Best Fit ◽

Three Factor

The aim of this study was to examine the factorial validity of the Job Expectations Questionnaire (Cuestionario de Expectativas Laborales CEL) in a sample of Mexican workers. Following a cross validation approach, two samples were used in the study. The first sample consisted of 380 professionals who mainly performed administrative work in the Health Services in Puebla-Mexico. The second sample comprised 400 health professionals from the Hospital de la Mujer in Puebla-Mexico. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution, accounting for 51.8% of the variance. The results of confirmatory factorial analysis indicate that the three-factor model provided the best fit with the data (CFI = .96, GFI = .95, NNFI = .95, RMSEA = .04), maintaining the structure with 12 items. The reliability of the questionnaire and the diverse subscales showed high internal consistency. Significant correlations were found between job expectations and autonomy, vigor, dedication, and absorption, providing evidence of its construct validity. The evaluation of the psychometric qualities confirms this questionnaire as a valid and specific instrument to measure job expectations.

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