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...

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Autores: Moret Tatay, María del Carmen, Fernández Muñoz, Juan José, Civera Mollá, Cristina, Navarro Pardo, Esperanza, Alcover de la Hera, Carlos María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Repositorio:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/951
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/951
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Resilience
Elderly
Psychometry
Resiliencia
Adultos
Ancianos
Psicometría
61 Psicología
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Sumario: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.