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Resilience in relation to personality and intelligence.

Oddgeir Friborg1, Dag Barlaug, Monica Martinussen

  • 1University of Tromsø, Department of Psychology, Norway. ofriborg@psyk.uit.no

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
|August 16, 2005
PubMed
Summary

The Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) was validated, showing its factors correlate with positive personality traits. High RSA scores indicate better psychological health and adjustment in adults.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Resilience is a key psychological construct, yet validated measurement tools for adults are limited.
  • Existing research highlights the need for reliable scales to assess resilience factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To crossvalidate the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA).
  • To compare RSA scores with established measures of personality, cognitive abilities, and social intelligence.
  • To establish the psychometric properties of the RSA for adult populations.

Main Methods:

  • Administered the RSA, Big Five personality inventory (5PFs), cognitive tests (Raven's, Vocabulary, Number series), and social intelligence scale (TSIS) to 482 military college applicants.
  • Utilized confirmatory factor analyses to validate the RSA's five-factor structure: personal strength, social competence, structured style, family cohesion, and social resources.

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  • Examined correlations between RSA factors and personality profiles, cognitive abilities, and social intelligence.

    • Main Results:

    • Confirmatory factor analyses supported the five-factor model of the RSA.
    • All resilience factors positively correlated with well-adjusted personality profiles.
    • RSA factors showed specific associations with Big Five traits (e.g., personal strength with emotional stability, social competence with extroversion/agreeableness) and social skills, but were unrelated to cognitive abilities.
    • Family cohesion and social resources also demonstrated relationships with personality traits.

    Conclusions:

    • The RSA demonstrates strong convergent and discriminative validity.
    • The scale effectively identifies individuals with higher psychological health, better adjustment, and greater resilience.
    • The RSA is a valuable tool for measuring adult resilience and its correlates.