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Transcultural and psychometric validation of the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15) in Chinese adult women

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to report translation and transcultural adaptation of the 15-item Dispositional Resilience Scale in traditional Chinese (C-DRS-15) and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods

The DRS is a self-report instrument that measures psychological hardiness. We followed an international standard of cross-cultural translation and validation of patient-reported outcome measures to create the Chinese version. Then, the translated C-DRS-15 was validated on 542 Chinese women from a population-based sample in Hong Kong.

Results

The internal consistency and criterion-related validity were investigated. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the C-DRS-15 was supported by a modified three-factor structure in our Chinese sample (RMSEA = .06, CFI = .94, TLI = .92, and SRMR = .06). The reliability (Cronbach’s α coefficient = .78) and validity were satisfactory. Total resilience score was negatively correlated with depression (p < .001), with non-depressed women scoring higher on the C-DRS-15.

Conclusions

The C-DRS-15 was demonstrated to be a reliable and valid measurement to assess hardiness in Chinese women.

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by the Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, the University of Hong Kong. We would also like to thank Ms. Ruby Tang for contributing to the manuscript editing.

Conflict of interest

Paul Bartone receives royalties from the DRS-15. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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  1. School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 4/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR

    Janet Yuen-Ha Wong, Daniel Yee-Tak Fong & Agnes Tiwari

  2. Division of Nursing and Health Studies, The Open University of Hong Kong, C0927, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Claudia Kor-Yee Chan

  3. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Science, The Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Room 534, Jockey Club Tower, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR

    Anna Wai-Man Choi & Ko Ling Chan

  4. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 406, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR

    Vincent Lai

  5. Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, 333 Waller Avenue, Suite 480, Lexington, KY, 40504-2915, USA

    TK Logan

  6. Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP), National Defense University, 300 5th Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20319, USA

    Paul Bartone

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Wong, J.YH., Fong, D.YT., Choi, A.WM. et al. Transcultural and psychometric validation of the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15) in Chinese adult women. Qual Life Res 23, 2489–2494 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0713-9

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