Psychometric properties of a resilience scale in family caregivers of older adults
Caring for an elder relative has been studied not only as a stress generating circumstance and a loss of well-being for the caregiver but also, from the perspective of positive psychology, as the study of caregivers' dispositions to respond to dif ficulties experienced in a resilient manner. Th...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Sonora |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-USON |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:79864707004 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=79864707004 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79864707004/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79864707004/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79864707004/79864707004.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/798/79864707004/movil |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Psicología validity Resilience older adults family caregivers |
| Resumo: | Caring for an elder relative has been studied not only as a stress generating circumstance and a loss of well-being for the caregiver but also, from the perspective of positive psychology, as the study of caregivers' dispositions to respond to dif ficulties experienced in a resilient manner. The aim of this study was to test the construct validity of a resilience inventory employing exploratory and confirmatory procedures. To that end, data were collected from two independent samples of family caregivers of older adults in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico: 125 caregivers aged 19 to 73 years (Mage = 47.8, SD = 12) to perform exploratory factor analyses and 160 caregivers aged 19 to 82 years (Mage = 48.7, SD = 13) to conduct con firmatory factor analyses. The analyses revealed two clear and statistically robust dimensions in the RESI with 12 items: instrumental resilience and emotional resilience. This study shows that RESI is a valid instrument to assess resilience in a Mexican population of family caregivers of older adults. |
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