The aim of the present study was to provide evidence of validity of the brief resilient coping scale for use in spanish young population. A total of 365 university students responded to the spanish version of the brcs as well as to other tools for measuring personal perceived competence, life satisfaction, depression, anxiety, negative and. Being resilient is a vital advantage in todays world. Similarly, carver, scheier, and weintraub 1989 argue for a more theoretical approach to scale development in order to achieve a more systematic understanding of the stresscoping process. Having the confidence and skills to face, overcome or even be strengthened by hardship is a powerful thing to teach them. We describe a new rating scale to assess resilience. Resilience may be viewed as a measure of stress coping ability and, as such, could be an important target of treatment in anxiety, depression, and stress reactions. The main benefit being as it is a onedimensional scale it might enable application in the elderly for native spanish speakers.
While resilience has been defined as resistance to illness, adaptation, and thriving, the ability to bounce back or recover from stress is closest to its original meaning. Selfreported scale is valid to assess lupus patients. In general, coping is an adaptive, healthy response to problems. To the right of each you will find seven numbers, ranging from. Personal and social continued personal relationship problems 39 sexual difficulties 44 an accident 48 minor violation of the law 20.
Resilient coping is conceptualized as to cope with stress in a highly adaptive manner, using a 5point likert scale from 1 describes me not at all to 5 describes me very well. Resilience has been assessed mainly through selfreport measures such as the brief resilient coping scale bcrs, a 4item measure that has been validated for people with rheumatoid arthritis, university students and ageing persons 1921 using standard psychometric techniques of classical test theory. Updated to measure the usage and helpfulness of coping strategies in general and specific situations, it reliably assesses 20 distinct coping strategies. The development and psychometric evaluation of the brief resilient. The brcs is a selfreported measurement test considered a reliable indicator of resilience the ability to cope with and adapt to stress, adversity or trauma in the.
This tool was validated in people with chronic disease, such as rheumatoid. Litt 1988 emphasizes the need to more clearly differentiate the various. Evidence for validity of the brief resilient coping scale. Resilient people are prepared for anything and respond in positive ways to whatever happens in their life. Evidence for validity of the brief resilient coping scale in.
Brief resilience scale brs please respond to each item by marking. Testing the brcs structure through a multigroup analysis. Elias cynthia steiger jennifer simon maryann gill jennifer clarke hitt rutgers university a new selfreport measure of childrens coping is described. The resilience scale was highly communicable, moving easily among participants with a high degree of fidelity. Brief cope questionnaire here you can take a brief questionnaire about what coping strategy you use. Resilient coping brcs the brcs has adequate internal consistency. While its etymological roots suggest bouncing back to a previous condition, resilience as a reactive process towards a stable, former state can limit.
To capture to what extent an individual copes with stress in a resilient fashion the brief resilient coping scale brcs was developed. Dec 28, 2017 resilient coping brcs the brcs has adequate internal consistency. This tool was validated in people with chronic disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis using standard psychometric techniques of classical test theory, but not yet in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus sle. While its etymological roots suggest bouncing back to a previous condition, resilience as a reactive process towards a stable, former state can. All the measures had some missing information regarding the psychometric properties.
If given the opportunity, we are capable of making healthy, helpful coping choices. Let me know how true the following characteristics are as they apply to you generally. Use the following scale and select one option for each statement to indicate how much you. Another brief resilience scale, the brief resilience coping scale, was created by sinclair and wallson 2004. Participants were 43, 16 to 19 year old high school students currently enrolled in an elective. This article introduces the brief resilient coping scale brcs, a 4item measure designed to capture tendencies to cope with stress in a highly adaptive manner. Social support which is represented by items which indicate an inclination to share the problem with others and enlist support in its management. This article introduces the brief resilient coping scale brcs, a 4item measure designed to capture tendencies to cope with stress in a highly adaptive.
In the moment coping skill toolbox for personal time out. Resilience scale rs and its shortened 5 rs5 and 11 rs11 item versions, and the brief resilient coping scale. Sep 16, 2016 a recent study published in the journal health and quality of life outcomes revealed that the brief resilient coping scale brcs is a suitable tool to assess resilience in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus sle. The brief resilient coping scale brcs is a 4item measure designed to capture tendencies to cope with stress in a highly adaptive manner. At the end of the instrument, the person can also list and rate other coping strategies used by that person that are not found on the scale. This article introduces the brief resilient coping scale brcs, a 4item. Overall, the connordavidson resilience scale, the resilience scale for adults and the brief resilience scale received the best psychometric ratings. To the right of each you will find seven numbers, ranging from 1 strongly disagree on the left to 7 strongly agree on the right. Furthermore, when some breakdown in the metaphor did occur, as can be expected with any message, its underlying constructs a scale with a sliding fulcrum had sufficient internal coherence to snap back to its intended form and. The development and psychometric evaluation of the brief resilient coping scale, assessment, 111, 94101, 2004. Coping refers to the actions taken by an individual to solve personal or interpersonal problems and tolerate stress. Above average communication skills, cognitive abilities, and problemsolving. The ego resilience scale please read the below statements about yourself and indicate how well it applies to you by circling the answer to the right from 1 does not apply at all to 4 applies very strongly.
Reliability and validity of the brief cope scale english. Coping assessment from the perspective of the person. Lewis, 1997 found significant relationships between a number of undesired outcomes such. For each sentence described below, please rate how capable you are to deal with thoughts or feelings that occur as the result of the traumatic events that. Coping skills resilience helping children build inner strength to cope with the ups and downs of growing up is one of the best things parents can do. Measurement properties of the brief resilient coping scale in. Download limit exceeded you have exceeded your daily download allowance.
Pdf evidence for validity of the brief resilient coping scale in a. The resilience scale rs 2 march 3911 please read the following statements. Young, phd, rn this study describes the development and initial psychometric evaluation of the 25item resilience scale rs in a sample of 810 communitydwelling older adults. Selfreported scale is valid to assess lupus patients resilience. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience scale gail m. Please put an x through the number that best reflects your behavior. The scale was designed for japanese youth, comprising 21 items and three factors. Hamill abstract resilience, a construct defined as competence in the face of significant adversity, was examined among adolescents using both selfreport and parental data. Sep, 2016 to capture to what extent an individual copes with stress in a resilient fashion the brief resilient coping scale brcs was developed. The brief resilience scale is designed to measure and evaluate resilience in terms of how quickly one adapts to stress, bounces back, resists illness, and thrives in the face of adversity. To achieve the intended objective, we will compare six factor models for which the sources of variance will be the inclusion or not. The development and psychometric evaluation of the brief. Principal components factor analysis of the rs was conducted followed. Of efficacy beliefs and coping mechanisms in resilient adolescents sarah k.
The development and psychometric evaluation of the brief resilient coping scale. Psychometric properties and factor structure of the brcs. To achieve the intended objective, we will compare six factor models for which the sources of variance will be the inclusion or not of higher order coping styles and situations. The resilience scale metaphor final frameworks institute. Novelty seeking, emotional regulation, and positive future orientation. A host of literature, both popular and academic, extols the practice of stress management and whole industries are devoted to it. The coping scale for adults csa has been developed as an instrument to be used by teachers, administrators, parents, and adults in general to assist them to develop their coping resources. The coping scale for adults second edition csa2 is an important research, clinical and educational instrument designed to support people when examining their own coping behaviour. The brief resilience scale brs was created to assess. Resilient coping scale sinclair and wallston, 2004.
A recent study published in the journal health and quality of life outcomes revealed that the brief resilient coping scale brcs is a suitable tool to assess resilience in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus sle. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience scale. Evidence for validity of the brief resilient coping scale in a young spanish sample article pdf available in the spanish journal of psychology 17e34. There are two different resilience scales available in psytoolkit, this one and the brs.
Use the following scale and circle one number for each statement to indicate how much you disagree or agree with each of the statements. Pdf download for the development and psychometric evaluation of the brief. The brief resilient coping scale brcs the brief resilient coping scale brcs is an even shorter measure of resilient coping, designed by sinclair and walston 2004, to capture an individuals ability to cope with stress in highly adaptive ways. In the moment coping skill toolbox for personal time out things to do when stressed out mad hurt upset, about to blow up slow in and out breathing tensing and relaxing rest head on table or desk briefly count backwards from 20 hug self focus exactly. Measurement properties of the brief resilient coping scale. Sep, 2016 resilience has been defined as the capacity or the ability to rebound from and positively adapt to significant stressors, despite experiences of significant adversity or trauma. Copy and paste this code to your psytoolkit account if you want to use the scale in your own online research project scale. Resilience has been defined as the capacity or the ability to rebound from and positively adapt to significant stressors, despite experiences of significant adversity or trauma. Resilience is the capacity each of us can develop that prepares us for lifes inevitable ups and downs and promotes positive adaptation to any situation no matter how serious and stressful it might be. A strong resilience core helps you reduce the effects of stress, anxiety, and depression, leading to a satisfying life. Development and psychometric evaluation of the resilience. The ability of the coping competence questionnaire to. Let me know how true the following characteristics are as they apply to you. The ability of the coping competence questionnaire to predict.
In the past 45 years, rates have shown a 60% increment, and it is now thought to account for around 1 million deaths worldwide per year world health organization, 2009. Here you can take a brief questionnaire about what coping strategy you use. A specific advantages of this latter scale is that it is very short only 4 items, and that it can be used for free by nonprofit researchers unlike various other resilience scales. Some items, focusing on cognitive and emotional approaches, were adapted from holahan and mooss 1987 widelyused coping strategies scale items 2, 3, and 4 below, while other cognitive and. Previous resilience measures assess resources that may promote resilience rather than recovery, resistance, adaptation, or thriving. The perceived effectiveness of each coping strategy that has been used is rated as. There are many ways that people strive to cope with stressors and feelings of stress in their lives. Trauma coping selfefficacy scale cset this measure has been designed to evaluate the perceived ability to cope with challenges and demands from a traumatic event.
Carver of the university of miami and is used to empirically determine what mechanisms you use and helps you identify what research says about that technique. Coping strategies scale information description this 23item questionnaire originally adapted from the processes of change questionnaire, prochaska et al. This dissertation is brought to you for free and open. Journal of applied developmental psychology, 195214 1992 coping scale for children and youth. Being able to measure how someone bounces back from stress provides valuable insight when it comes to helping one cope with healthrelated stressors.
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