Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents
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Resumo: | Especially since the last decades of the 20th century, research about resilience provided some insights into how people deal and overcome adversity in a positive way. Given the recent research history on this topic, discussion about theories and measures is still ongoing. In this study we aim to explore the structural invariance of the Wagnild and Young's Resilience Scale (RS), one of the most widely used measures of resilience, across Portuguese and Brazilian adolescents. A sample of 969 adolescents with ages ranging between 13 and 18 years old completed the RS. A five- and a two-factor structure for the full RS version with 25 items and a one-factor structure for a RS short version, composed of 14 items, were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). After determining the best fitting structure, a multi-group CFA was performed to test the invariance of the instrument across the Portuguese and Brazilian samples. The five- and two-factor structures for the full version revealed a poor fit. The one-factor structure revealed a good fit in both samples. Moreover, evidence for the partial measurement invariance of the short version across both samples was found. Our results indicate that the RS short version can be used for cross-cultural studies of resilience in both countries and that the five- and two-factor structures might be inadequate for comparison purposes. |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescentsEvidência adicional para a estrutura da Resilience Scale em países de língua portuguesa: invariância com adolescentes brasileiros e portuguesesAdolescentsCross-cultural studiesMeasurement invarianceResilienceResiliênciaInvariância de medidaEstudos transculturaisAdolescentesEspecially since the last decades of the 20th century, research about resilience provided some insights into how people deal and overcome adversity in a positive way. Given the recent research history on this topic, discussion about theories and measures is still ongoing. In this study we aim to explore the structural invariance of the Wagnild and Young's Resilience Scale (RS), one of the most widely used measures of resilience, across Portuguese and Brazilian adolescents. A sample of 969 adolescents with ages ranging between 13 and 18 years old completed the RS. A five- and a two-factor structure for the full RS version with 25 items and a one-factor structure for a RS short version, composed of 14 items, were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). After determining the best fitting structure, a multi-group CFA was performed to test the invariance of the instrument across the Portuguese and Brazilian samples. The five- and two-factor structures for the full version revealed a poor fit. The one-factor structure revealed a good fit in both samples. Moreover, evidence for the partial measurement invariance of the short version across both samples was found. Our results indicate that the RS short version can be used for cross-cultural studies of resilience in both countries and that the five- and two-factor structures might be inadequate for comparison purposes.Especialmente desde as últimas décadas do século 20, a investigação sobre a resiliência contribuiu para aumentar o conhecimento sobre a forma como as pessoas lidam com a adversidade e a superam de uma forma positiva. Tendo em conta que este tópico de investigação é relativamente recente, continua a existir algum debate em torno das teorias e dos instrumentos de medida da resiliência. Neste estudo pretendeu-se explorar a invariância da estrutura fatorial de uma das medidas de resiliência mais utilizadas — a Resilience Scale (RS) desenvolvida por Wagnild e Young—, entre adolescentes Portugueses e Brasileiros. Utilizou-se uma amostra de 969 adolescentes, com idades que variavam entre os 13 e os 18 anos. Com recurso à análise fatorial confirmatória, testaram-se estruturas de cinco e de dois fatores para a escala completa composta por 25 itens, bem como uma estrutura unidimensional para uma versão reduzida da escala composta por 14 itens. Depois de determinada a estrutura fatorial mais ajustada, realizou-se uma análise multi-grupo para testar a invariância da medida entre as amostras de adolescentes Portugueses e Brasileiros. As estruturas de cinco e de dois fatores obtiveram um ajustamento pobre. A estrutura unidimensional revelou-se ajustada em ambas as amostras. Além disso, obteve-se evidência de invariância parcial para a estrutura unidimensional relativa à versão reduzida. Estes resultados sugerem que a versão reduzida da RS pode ser utilizada para estudos transculturais na área da resiliência em ambos os países e que as estruturas de cinco e de dois fatores são inadequadas para propósitos de comparação.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaDias, Paulo CésarCadime, IrenePerim, Paulo Castelar2021-06-11T09:49:43Z20162016-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33580eng0874-204910.17575/rpsicol.v30i2.112585023166244info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-09-12T01:39:04Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/33580Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:27:18.455207Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents Evidência adicional para a estrutura da Resilience Scale em países de língua portuguesa: invariância com adolescentes brasileiros e portugueses |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents Dias, Paulo César Adolescents Cross-cultural studies Measurement invariance Resilience Resiliência Invariância de medida Estudos transculturais Adolescentes |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents |
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Further evidence for the structure of the Resilience Scale in Portuguese language countries: an invariance study with brazilian and Portuguese adolescents |
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Dias, Paulo César |
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Dias, Paulo César Cadime, Irene Perim, Paulo Castelar |
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Cadime, Irene Perim, Paulo Castelar |
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Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Dias, Paulo César Cadime, Irene Perim, Paulo Castelar |
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Adolescents Cross-cultural studies Measurement invariance Resilience Resiliência Invariância de medida Estudos transculturais Adolescentes |
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Adolescents Cross-cultural studies Measurement invariance Resilience Resiliência Invariância de medida Estudos transculturais Adolescentes |
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Especially since the last decades of the 20th century, research about resilience provided some insights into how people deal and overcome adversity in a positive way. Given the recent research history on this topic, discussion about theories and measures is still ongoing. In this study we aim to explore the structural invariance of the Wagnild and Young's Resilience Scale (RS), one of the most widely used measures of resilience, across Portuguese and Brazilian adolescents. A sample of 969 adolescents with ages ranging between 13 and 18 years old completed the RS. A five- and a two-factor structure for the full RS version with 25 items and a one-factor structure for a RS short version, composed of 14 items, were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). After determining the best fitting structure, a multi-group CFA was performed to test the invariance of the instrument across the Portuguese and Brazilian samples. The five- and two-factor structures for the full version revealed a poor fit. The one-factor structure revealed a good fit in both samples. Moreover, evidence for the partial measurement invariance of the short version across both samples was found. Our results indicate that the RS short version can be used for cross-cultural studies of resilience in both countries and that the five- and two-factor structures might be inadequate for comparison purposes. |
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