Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Ph D student of educational psychology, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of the psychology, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Roudehen Branch,Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.
Abstract
The main purpose of the present study was to investigate psychometric properties of the Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS, Oshio, Nakaya, Kaneko & Nagamine, 2002) among girl Iranian adolescents. In this correlational study, 486 female adolescents responded to the Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS), the Adolescent and Adult Mindfulness Scale (AAMS), the Cognitive Reappraisal Scale (CRS) and the Proactive Coping Scale (PCS). The principal component analysis method with oblimin rotation were used to compute the ARS's factorial validity and correlation coefficients between resilience dimensions with mindfulness, active coping and cognitive reappraisals were used to compute the ARS’s criterion validity. The results of the principal components analysis showed that the adolescent resilience scale consisted of four factors: positive orientation towards the future, emotional regulation, novelty seeking and patience. Correlation coefficients between dimensions of resilience with mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal and active coping supported the criterion validity of adolescent resilience scale, experimentally. Internal consistency for the positive future orientation, emotional regulation, novelty seeking and patience sub scales was 0/90, 0/75, 0/77 & 0/65, respectively. Conclusion: In sum, these findings provide evidence for the validity and reliability of the ARS to measure of psychological resilience as a dynamic process of positive adjustment to stressful experiences and posttraumatic development in girl adolescents.
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