Resilience has attracted the interest of the scientific community during the Covid-19 outbreak, as a protective factor in mental health. As the migrant population arguably has one of the most ...vulnerable profiles in the current health crisis, the aim of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) across native and migrant residents in Italy, and to compare scores across these two populations. Other personal attitudes to the current restrictions were considered. Preliminary psychometrics were tested in a version of the translated instrument with an independent sample. A second independent sample was used to analyse the differences between migrant and native adults. The results showed no differences between the new version and the previous Spanish adaptation or the original instrument. Moreover, no differences were found between the migrant and non-migrant group. BRCS scores were predicted by attitudes toward Covid-19 but not by migrant or native group. These results suggest that the BRCS may be a useful tool to measure resilience in Italy at time of pandemic, irrespective of cultural differences.
Nurses became the largest medical group exposed to direct contact with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this study, we aimed to assess the readiness and motivation for vaccination, as well as the use of ...sources of information and attitudes toward vaccination depending on the psychological profile.
A cross-sectional online survey study was conducted. The study included 145 novice nurses from 8 medical universities who completed 3-year undergraduate studies. Women constituted 97.2% of the respondents (N = 141). The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Brief Resilient Coping Scale, and an original questionnaire were used. Variables were analyzed with descriptive statistics methods. A
-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Among the participants, 73.1% had already been vaccinated against COVID-19 (N = 106). The participants were divided into two groups: G1 (N = 98), characterized by a lower level of anxiety with higher self-efficacy and resilient coping, and G2 (N = 47), with a higher level of anxiety with poorer self-efficacy and resilient coping. The analysis of the potential correlation of psychological pattern with the decision to vaccinate was not statistically significant (
= 0.166).
Psychological variables may be correlating with motivation, attitudes toward vaccination, and the choice of reliable sources of information about vaccination. Our study demonstrates the key role of two psychological variables, self-efficacy and resilient coping, in this context.
Successful resilience is a variable often related toan optimal aging process. However, literature is rather limited when dealingwith assessment instruments for the elderly in the Spanish language. ...Theobjective of this work is to validate the Brief Resilient Coping Scale(Sinclair & Wallston, 2004), a four item likert scale, in the Spanishelderly. For this propose, the scale wasadministrated to a sample of 991 elderly Spanish participants, and the data setanalysed in terms of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, internalconsistency and criterion validity. The scale demonstrated good psychometricproperties. Furthermore, the homogeneityindices were higher than the recently literature, reinforcing the dimensionalstructure of the scale. These resultshave shown higher reliability from previous Spanish versions. Therefore, theBrief Resilient Coping Scale is a valuable assessment instrument that could bevery useful in the assessing of resilience in the Spanish-speaking elderly.
The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a swift transition to online learning in medical and health sciences. This study investigated the associations of previous experience with online learning, current ...confidence with online learning, and resilient coping skills with perceived stress reported by pharmacy students during the emergency transition to online learning.
Undergraduate pharmacy students (N=113, response rate = 41%) completed an online, self-report, cross-sectional survey during April-June 2020. Measures included Likert items measuring prior experience and current comfort levels with online learning, the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS), and the Perceived Stress Scale 10-Item Version (PSS-10). Experience, comfort with online learning, reported scores, and internal consistency for the BRCS and PSS-10 were summarized. A linear regression model examined the associations of prior experience with online education, gender, and resilient coping with perceived stress.
Of the 113 respondents (78% female, mean age 22.3 years), > 50% had only occasional prior experience with online learning, coursework, and examinations, but 63% expressed confidence with online learning. Mean PSS-10 and BRCS scores were 23.8 and 13.3, respectively, and both scales demonstrated good internal consistency (α > 0.80). BRCS score was the single predictor of the PSS-10 score (r
= 0.18,
< 0.001). Female gender was not a significant predictor (
= 0.11). A multiple regression model explained moderate variation in perceived stress (adjusted R
= 0.19).
PSS-10 and BRCS scores indicated moderate levels of stress and coping skills among students during online teaching. Most students had some prior exposure to online learning, coursework, and examinations. Higher resiliency scores, but not prior online learning experience, predicted lower perceived stress.
Resilience is an emerging topic in Psychology that has raised the interest of the scientific community over the last decade. Not surprisingly, most of the research work in this field have been ...focused in inherent tools that measures this variable. However, the literature is rather limited when dealing questionnaires in Spanish language. The objective of this work is to reexamine the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (Sinclair y Wallston, 2004), a four item likert scale, in Spanish University students. For this propose, the scale was administrated to a sample of 530 participants, and the data set analysed in terms of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The scale demonstrated good psychometric properties with regards to the CFA.
La resiliencia es un tema emergente que ha despertado el interés de la psicología dentro de la comunidad científica. No en vano, la mayor parte de los trabajos de investigación en este campo se han centrado en herramientas inherentes que midan esta variable. Además, la literatura es más bien limitada cuando se trata de cuestionarios en lengua española. El objetivo de este trabajo es reexaminar la escala Brief Resilient Coping Scale (Sinclair y Wallston, 2004), de cuatro ítems en la escala Likert, pensando en estudiantes españoles universitarios. Por este motivo, la escala fue administrada según una muestra de 530 participantes y la base de datos fue analizada en términos de análisis factorial confirmatorio (AFC). La escala demostró buenas propiedades psicométricas con relación al AFC.
The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS). 57 stable severe mental disorder patients (42 men, 73.7%, and 15 women, 26.3%), ranging in ...age between 23 and 64 years, (M = 46.25; SD = 7.52) answered to the BRCS and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-BREF). Descriptive analyses, estimations of internal consistency, and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted, and correlations between the BRCS and the WHOQOL-BREF were calculated. The factorial validity of the scale was tested using confirmatory factor analysis, with a single dimension of resilience. The BRCS showed acceptable internal consistency (alpha of .69). Correlations between the BRCS and WHOQOL-BREF were positive, r(PhH-R) = .42, r(PsH-R) = .40, r(SR-R) = .33, r(E-R) = .35, and significant (p < .01). In conclusion, the Spanish adaptation of the BRCS seems to be a reliable and valid measure of resilience in stable severe mental disorder patients.
The aim of the present study was to provide evidence of validity of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale for use in Spanish young population. A total of 365 university students responded to the Spanish ...version of the BRCS as well as to other tools for measuring personal perceived competence, life satisfaction, depression, anxiety, negative and positive affect, and coping strategies. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the unidimensional structure of the scale. Internal consistency reliability and temporal stability through Cronbach's alpha and test-retest correlations, respectively, were comparable to those found in the initial validation of the tool. The BRCS showed positive and significant correlations with personal perceived competence, optimism, life satisfaction, positive affect (p < .01), and some coping strategies (p < .05). Significant negative correlations were observed with depression, anxiety and negative affect. (p < .01). Multiple regression analysis with stepwise method showed that positive affect, negative affect, optimism and problem solving explained 41.8% of the variance of the BRCS (p < .001). The Spanish adaptation of the BRCS in a young population is satisfactory and comparable to those of the original version and with the Spanish version adapted in an elderly population. This supports its validity as a tool for the assessment of resilient coping tendencies in young people who speak Spanish and offers researchers and professionals interested in this area of study a simple tool for assessing it.
Successful resilience is a variable often related to an optimal aging process and that might have a role on education. However, literature is rather limited when dealing with assessment instruments ...for the elderly in the Spanish language. The objective of this work is to examine the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (Sinclair &Wallston, 2004), a four item likert scale, in the Spanish elderly. This scale was administrated to a sample of 920 elderly Spanish participants, and the data set analysed in terms of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency. The scale demonstrated good psychometric properties. Furthermore, the homogeneity indices were higher than in the recent literature, reinforcing the dimensional structure of the scale. These results have shown higher reliability than previous Spanish versions. Therefore, more research on the Brief Resilient Coping Scale is necessary in order to develop a valuable assessment instrument that could be very useful in the assessing of resilience in the Spanish-speaking elderly.
Resilience is understood as a dynamic process encompassing positive adaptation within the
context of adversity. This study examined the validity of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale
(BRCS), a 4-item ...measure designed to capture tendencies to cope with stress in a highly
adaptive manner, in an elderly Spanish population. A total of 133 elderly people from an
association of retired persons in Valencia (Spain) provided the responses for the validation
study. The factorial validity of the scale was tested using confirmatory factor analysis, with
a single dimension of resilience with adequate fit indexes emerging from this analysis. The
BRCS has adequate internal consistency both at the scale and item levels. The criterion-related
validity of the scale was established by correlating resilient coping with measures of coping
resources and psychological well-being. The correlations with measures of personal coping
resources (e.g., optimism, helplessness, self-efficacy), pain-coping behaviors, and
psychological well-being were in the expected direction, and were statistically significant and
large. In conclusion, the adaptation into Spanish of the BRCS seems to be a reliable and valid
measure of resilient coping in the elderly population, and it could potentially be used in both
clinical practice and research in the elderly.
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