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Xuebing Wu1, Jiabao Su1, Linlin Yan2
1School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Psych Journal
|June 3, 2025
Summary
The Affect Regulation-based Resilience Scale (ARRS) is a new, validated 34-item tool assessing adult psychological resilience. It integrates emotion regulation and coping strategies, offering a robust measure for mental health professionals.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Mental Health Assessment
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Psychological resilience is crucial for adult mental health.
- Existing measures may not fully capture the multifaceted nature of resilience.
- Integrating affect regulation and coping strategies offers a novel approach to resilience assessment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate the Affect Regulation-based Resilience Scale (ARRS).
- To provide a psychometrically robust tool for assessing psychological resilience in adults.
- To explore the relationship between resilience, emotion regulation, and coping mechanisms.
Main Methods:
- Two-phase development: item generation via interviews and psychometric evaluation.
- Confirmatory factor analysis and validity/reliability analyses on two adult samples (N=849).
- Criterion-related validity assessed against established measures of resilience, emotion regulation, coping, and mental health indicators.
Main Results:
- The ARRS demonstrated a robust four-factor structure with 34 validated items.
- Satisfactory item performance and good model fit were observed.
- The ARRS showed significant positive correlations with resilience, stress-related growth, and well-being, and negative correlations with depression and anxiety.
Conclusions:
- The ARRS is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring psychological resilience in adults.
- The scale effectively integrates affect regulation and coping constructs.
- The ARRS provides a valuable tool for research and clinical practice in mental health.
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