Development of an Aboriginal Resilience and Recovery Questionnaire - a collaboration between practitioners and help-seeking clients of a Victorian Aboriginal community controlled health service.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous experiences and perspectives of resilience, healing and recovery from trauma is gaining increasing attention, with a growing qualitative literature that spans multiple indigenous cultural groups. However, few quantitative measures are available. In this article, development of a preliminary version of the Aboriginal Resilience and Recovery Questionnaire is described.

Aim

The first aim of this study was to describe findings from two focus groups that provided theoretical knowledge and development of items for a draft version of an Aboriginal Resilience Recovery Questionnaire. The second aim of the study was to conduct a preliminary psychometric analysis of the properties of the measure.

Design

Multi-method research design grounded in indigenous re

SUBMITTER: Gee G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709844 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature