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1Mental Health Education and Consultation Center, Students' Affairs Division, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210023, China.
This study developed and validated the College Students' Resilience Scale for Chinese students. The scale measures resilience across four dimensions, offering a reliable tool for assessing student coping abilities.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Student Well-being
Background:
- College students face unique adversities impacting their mental health.
- Existing resilience measures may not fully capture the nuances of contemporary student experiences.
- Developing culturally relevant assessment tools is crucial for effective support.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the dimensions of resilience in Chinese college students.
- To develop and validate a reliable and valid scale for measuring college student resilience.
- To provide a psychometric tool for assessing resilience in this demographic.
Main Methods:
- Conducted semistructured interviews with 20 college students who experienced adversity.
- Developed the initial "College Students' Resilience Scale" based on interview data.
- Administered the scale to 1374 college students and performed exploratory factor analysis.
Main Results:
- Identified four key dimensions of college student resilience: self-efficacy and adaptability, positive cognition, negative emotion adjustment ability, and perceived use of social support.
- The final scale comprises 26 items across these four dimensions.
- The "College Students' Resilience Scale" demonstrated good reliability and validity.
Conclusions:
- The developed "College Students' Resilience Scale" is an effective psychometric tool for measuring resilience in contemporary Chinese college students.
- The identified dimensions provide insight into the multifaceted nature of student resilience.
- This scale can aid researchers and practitioners in understanding and supporting student well-being.
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