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Ego resiliency has been considered to be a vital element for psychological health. The Revised Ego Resiliency Scale (ER89-R) is an efficient instrument of ego-resiliency with promising psychometrics. However, the psychometric properties of the scale in Chinese college students are still unclear. This study was to test the psychometric properties of the ER89-R in a sample of 678 university students in Mainland China (mean age = 20.16, SD =1.69, 68.30% female). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a first-order two-factor model of the Chinese version of the ER89-R and evidence of strong invariance across gender. Moreover, the internal consistency values of the Chinese version of the ER89-R were from marginal to acceptable, the stability coefficients over time were moderate. Finally, the criterion validity of the Chinese version of the ER89-R was supported by the expected relations with resilience, mental health, self-efficacy, and perceived stress. These findings suggest that the Chinese version of the ER89-R holds promise as an instrument for evaluating ego-resiliency among Chinese college students.
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This study was funded by the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Youth Fund Project (Grant No. 18XJC190001), Natural Science Research Funding Project of the Department of Education of Guizhou Province (Grant No. Qian Ke He KY Zi [2021]299), Guizhou Educational Reform and Development Research Major Project (ZD202009), Phased Achievements of Guizhou Province Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (21GZZD45), and Humanities and Social Science Research Project of Higher Education Institutions of Guizhou Provincial Department of Education (2022ZD006).
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WC and R-FG are the primary contributors to this study, and came up with the idea, and the first draft of the manuscript. TY and XT collected and provided data analysis strategies for this study. G-YZ and JL provided suggestions on revision, and confirmed the final version to be published. All authors of this research paper have participated in the discussion regarding theoretical framework and content modification.
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Chen, W., Gao, R., Yang, T. et al. The psychometric properties of the revised ego resiliency scale (ER89-R) in Chinese college students. Curr Psychol 42, 15488–15496 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02844-2
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