Development and Testing of the Resourcefulness Scale for Older Adults

Zauszniewski, Jaclene A.; Lai, Chien-Yu; Tithiphontumrong, Sukuma

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“…Resourcefulness was measured by the 28-item Resourcefulness Scale (RS; Zauszniewski, Lai, Tithiphontumrong, 2006), which contains two subscales capturing personal and social resourcefulness. The items use a 6-point Likert-type scale.…”

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Relationships Among Perceived Burden, Depressive Cognitions, Resourcefulness, and Quality of Life in Female Relatives of Seriously Mentally Ill Adults

Zauszniewski

Bekhet

Suresky

2009

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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Providing care and support to a seriously mentally ill (SMI) family member can have deleterious effects on one's health and quality of life. This study explored relationships among perceived burden, depressive cognitions, resourcefulness, and quality of life in 60 African-American and Caucasian women family members of SMI adults. Caucasians reported greater burden than African-Americans; the groups were similar in depressive cognitions, resourcefulness, and quality of life. In Caucasians and African-Americans, burden correlated with depressive cognitions and both correlated with poorer mental health. In African-Americans, burden also correlated with lower personal resourcefulness and both correlated with poorer mental health. The findings suggest a mediating role by depressive cognitions for both groups and by resourcefulness in African-Americans. Thus, both groups of women may benefit from positive thinking while African-Americans also may benefit from learning personal resourcefulness skills.

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Relationships Among Perceived Burden, Depressive Cognitions, Resourcefulness, and Quality of Life in Female Relatives of Seriously Mentally Ill Adults

Zauszniewski

Bekhet

Suresky

2009

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), the Personal Resource Questionnaire (Weinert and Brandt, 1987), the Inner Strength Questionnaire (Lewis and Roux, 2009) and the Resourcefulness Scale (Zauszniewsky et al, 2006). These scales and questionnaires have different theoretical origins: the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale is based on Rosenberg's theory of global self esteem; the Personal Resource Questionnaire is based on the theory of relational provisions of social support the Inner Strength Questionnaire stems from a middle range theory of inner strength, and the Resourcefulness Scale from Rosenbaum's theory about dimensions of resourcefulness (Rosenbaum, 1990).…”

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Development and psychometric properties of the Inner Strength Scale

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International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Background: Four dimensions of inner strength were previously identified in a metatheoretical analysis: firmness, creativity, connectedness, and flexibility.Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an Inner Strength Scale (ISS) based on those four dimensions and to evaluate its psychometric properties.Method: An initial version of ISS was distributed for validation purpose with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Resilience Scale, and the Sense of coherence Scale. A convenience sample of 391 adults, aged 19 to 90 years participated. Principal component analysis (PCA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used in the process of exploring, evaluating, and reducing the 63-item ISS to the 20-item ISS. Cronbach's alpha and test-retest were used to measure reliability.Results: CFA showed satisfactory goodness-of-fit for the 20-item ISS. The analysis supported a four-factor solution explaining 51% of the variance. Cronbach`s alpha on the 20-item ISS was 0.86, and the test-retest showed stability over time (r = 0.79). Conclusion:The ISS was found to be a valid and reliable instrument for capturing a multifaceted understanding of inner strength. Further tests of psychometric properties of the ISS will be performed in forthcoming studies. What this paper adds A new scale, the Inner Strength Scale, has been developed to estimate the four dimensions of firmness, creativity, connectedness, and flexibility. The Inner Strength Scale was found to have satisfactory validity and reliability. The Inner Strength Scale was found to be applicable to men and women of various ages.

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“…Furthermore, the coping resources of learned resourcefulness and social support are closely related and may have a reciprocal effect on each other (Rosenbaum, 1990;Zauszniewski, Lai, & Tithiphontumrong, 2006). Rosenbaum (1990) suggested that situational factors that reflected environmental resources such as social support might enhance the individual's ability to be resourceful.…”

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Learned Resourcefulness, Social Support, and Perinatal Depression in Chinese Mothers

Ngai

Chan

2012

Nursing Research

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Learned resourcefulness and social support serve to protect against the development of depressive symptoms and mediate the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms in the perinatal period. Culturally competent healthcare should be developed to equip women with learned resourcefulness skills and foster support network to combat the stress of new motherhood, thereby minimizing the risk of perinatal depression.

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Development and Testing of the Resourcefulness Scale for Older Adults

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Relationships Among Perceived Burden, Depressive Cognitions, Resourcefulness, and Quality of Life in Female Relatives of Seriously Mentally Ill Adults

Relationships Among Perceived Burden, Depressive Cognitions, Resourcefulness, and Quality of Life in Female Relatives of Seriously Mentally Ill Adults

Development and psychometric properties of the Inner Strength Scale

Learned Resourcefulness, Social Support, and Perinatal Depression in Chinese Mothers

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