Psychometric properties and Factor structure of the BRCS in an elderly Spanish sample
Successful resilience is a variable often related to an optimal ag-ing process. However, literature is rather limited when dealing with assess-ment instruments for the elderly in the Spanish language. The objective of this work is to validate the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (Sinclair & Wallston...
| Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir |
| Repository: | RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/951 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/951 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Resilience Elderly Psychometry Resiliencia Adultos Ancianos Psicometría 61 Psicología |
| Summary: | Successful resilience is a variable often related to an optimal ag-ing process. However, literature is rather limited when dealing with assess-ment instruments for the elderly in the Spanish language. The objective of this work is to validate the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (Sinclair & Wallston, 2004), a four item likert scale, in the Spanish elderly. For this propose, the scale was administrated to a sample of 991 elderly Spanish participants, and the data set analysed in terms of exploratory and confirm-atory factor analysis, internal consistency and criterion validity. The scale demonstrated good psychometric properties. Furthermore, the homogenei-ty indices were higher than the recently literature, reinforcing the dimen-sional structure of the scale. These results have shown higher reliability from previous Spanish versions. Therefore, the Brief Resilient Coping Scale is a valuable assessment instrument that could be very useful in the assessing of resilience in the Spanish-speaking elderly. |
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