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

Claire A. Wilson (Lead / Corresponding author), Rachel A. Plouffe, Donald H. Saklofske, Annamaria Di Fabio, Sandra Prince-Embury, Sarah E. Babcock

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14-25
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Volume37
Issue number1
Early online date3 Nov 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2019

Keywords

  • coping
  • cross-cultural comparison
  • culture/cross cultural
  • emotional intelligence
  • measurement
  • personality/individual differences
  • resiliency
  • scale development/testing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Psychology

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