Development and Validation of a Resilience Scale for Nursing Home Staff
Sung Ok Chang1, Eun Young Kim2
1College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
International Journal of Older People Nursing
|February 12, 2026
Summary
A new scale was developed to measure resilience in nursing home staff, addressing unique workplace stressors. This tool helps assess and enhance the psychological resources of these essential workers.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Nursing Science
- Psychology
Background:
- Nursing home staff face significant emotional and physical stress.
- Existing resilience scales are not specific to the unique demands of nursing home environments, such as staffing shortages and end-of-life care.
- A tailored resilience scale is needed for nursing home staff.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a resilience scale specifically for nursing home staff.
- To create a psychometrically sound instrument to measure resilience in this population.
Main Methods:
- Scale development followed DeVellis's guidelines, starting with 26 items refined to 21.
- Data collected from 302 nursing home staff in Seoul, South Korea.
- Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to examine validity and reliability.
Main Results:
- A 17-item scale with four factors was finalized: Emotional Self-Regulation and Self-Efficacy; Meaning and Personal Growth through Caregiving; Support-Seeking and Meaning-Based Coping; and Professional Growth Orientation.
- The scale demonstrated good model fit, strong internal consistency (α=0.88), and significant correlation with the CD-RISC (r=0.68).
Conclusions:
- The validated scale is context-specific to nursing home practices.
- This tool can be used to assess and strengthen the psychological resources of nursing home staff.
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