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Sphoorthi G Prabhu1, Rameela Shekhar2, Mariamma Philips3
1Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Abstract:
The current study aimed to develop and standardize a scale to measure adolescent resilience in India. The objectives were to (i) construct a comprehensive scale for assessing adolescent resilience (ii) select and test the measurability of items in the resilience scale (iii) test the reliability and validity of the scale and (iv) establish the group differences in resilience among different groups. A total of 1214 adolescents from grades 8 to 10 (aged 10-17 years) were selected through cluster random sampling. The items were developed after an extensive literature review. Face, content, concurrent and convergent validities were established. Nine meaningful factors emerged from factor analysis. Different types of reliability tests showed the scale to be a reliable one (with the values ranging from 0.812 to 0.902). Differences in resilience were noted in adolescent girls and boys and based on the background to which they belonged. Higher resilience scores meant better resilience.
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