Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population
Resilience is a personal competence that facilitates coping with adversity and forms part of an individual’s psychosocial adjustment. Therefore, this construct has an important role in adolescent development. Youths with high levels of resilience usually show less risk of behavioral disorders, low a...
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| author | Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen Molero Jurado, María del Mar Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Mercader Rubio, Isabel Gázquez Linares, José Jesús |
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| description | Resilience is a personal competence that facilitates coping with adversity and forms part of an individual’s psychosocial adjustment. Therefore, this construct has an important role in adolescent development. Youths with high levels of resilience usually show less risk of behavioral disorders, low academic performance or interpersonal conflicts. The objective of this study was to validate the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) in a Spanish population, and test whether this questionnaire is valid for different cultures and societies. The sample comprised 317 high school students aged 13 to 18 years old with an average age of 14.93, in the province of Almería (Spain). The Resilience Scale for Adolescents was administered for this. Based on exploratory factor analysis and the various previous studies undertaken on validation of this instrument, four models were proposed, of which the original READ model showed the best fit. Validation of this scale showed good internal consistency and high reliability on five factors: Family Cohesion, Personal Competence, Social Competence, Social Resources and Orientation toward Goals. It is considered a valid instrument for evaluating the various factors of resilience and can help determine the education factors contributing to the process of positive adaptation in adolescence. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-80042023-04-12T19:46:21Z Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen Molero Jurado, María del Mar Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Mercader Rubio, Isabel Gázquez Linares, José Jesús resilience READ adolescents validation education Resilience is a personal competence that facilitates coping with adversity and forms part of an individual’s psychosocial adjustment. Therefore, this construct has an important role in adolescent development. Youths with high levels of resilience usually show less risk of behavioral disorders, low academic performance or interpersonal conflicts. The objective of this study was to validate the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) in a Spanish population, and test whether this questionnaire is valid for different cultures and societies. The sample comprised 317 high school students aged 13 to 18 years old with an average age of 14.93, in the province of Almería (Spain). The Resilience Scale for Adolescents was administered for this. Based on exploratory factor analysis and the various previous studies undertaken on validation of this instrument, four models were proposed, of which the original READ model showed the best fit. Validation of this scale showed good internal consistency and high reliability on five factors: Family Cohesion, Personal Competence, Social Competence, Social Resources and Orientation toward Goals. It is considered a valid instrument for evaluating the various factors of resilience and can help determine the education factors contributing to the process of positive adaptation in adolescence. 2020-04-13T11:18:39Z 2020-04-13T11:18:39Z 2020-04-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2071-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8004 en https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/7/2943 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | resilience READ adolescents validation education Pérez Fuentes, María Del Carmen Molero Jurado, María del Mar Barragán Martín, Ana Belén Mercader Rubio, Isabel Gázquez Linares, José Jesús Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population |
| title | Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population |
| title_full | Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population |
| title_fullStr | Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population |
| title_short | Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in High School in a Spanish Population |
| title_sort | validation of the resilience scale for adolescents in high school in a spanish population |
| topic | resilience READ adolescents validation education |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8004 |
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