Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: validation study in a Portuguese sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this paper was to evaluate the structural validity and convergent validity of the first Portuguese version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).

Settings

The data sets come from two studies conducted in Portugal, respectively, from the Resilience Effect in Coping with Trauma (RECT) project and from the Health Impact Assessment of Employment Strategies (HIAES) project.

Participants

The sample is composed of 476 participants from the RECT project and 405 participants from the HIAES project. In both projects, convenience samples were used.

Measures

The original CD-RISC items were translated to Portuguese and were used in a survey along with additional psychosocial and biomedical measures.

Results

Independent explorato

SUBMITTER: Faria Anjos J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609049 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature