Resilience and Subjective Wellbeing: A Psychometric Evaluation in Young Australian Adults

Abstract

Objective: Resilience is an important and underdeveloped area of research, and there are few studies that describe levels of resilience among youth samples. A major aim of this research is to explore the utility of an adapted form of the 10-item Connor Davidson Resilience Scale and to clarify the association between this construct and a robust measure of subjective wellbeing. Method: A representative sample of 1000 Victorians aged 16-25 years participated in a telephone interview comprising the modified 10item Connor Davidson Resilience Scale and the Personal Wellbeing Index. Results: The modified 10-item Connor Davidson Resilience Scale demonstrated adequate inter-item reliability and factored as intended. A moderate, positive correlation was found between the modified 10-item Connor Davidson Resilience Scale and the Personal Wellbeing Index. Significance testing revealed group differences for gender, age, and annual household income. The results are also used to establish theoretical "normal" ranges for resilience in Victoria's youth population. Conclusion:The results from this study support the modified 10-item Connor Davidson Resilience Scale as a valid and reliable measure of young people's resilience using traditional psychometric tests. Moreover, this is the first study to describe the levels of resilience among Victorian youths and to evaluate these data alongside a robust measure of subjective wellbeing. The implications of the findings for government policy and service delivery are discussed.

The Relationship Between Resilience and Mental Health in Chinese College Students: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Analysis

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“…The studies addressing the relationship between resilience and mental health are mostly cross-sectional studies, while data analysis methods are centered on correlation and regression analysis (Abolghasemi and Varaniyab, 2010;Anderson, 2012;Skrove et al, 2012;Goldstein et al, 2013;Vitale, 2015;Tomyn and Weinberg, 2016), with some studies using the intermediate effect or regulatory effect analysis (Liu et al, 2012;Satici, 2016;Ding et al, 2017;Poole et al, 2017;Shapero et al, 2019). However, follow-up studies are generally insufficient: the temporal effects relationship between resilience and mental health could not be determined.…”

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Factors affecting Perceived Organizational Resilience: The case of Wine Tourism enterprises

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