Retrospective development of a novel resilience indicator using existing cohort data: The adolescent to adult health resilience instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cohort studies represent rich sources of data that can be used to link components of resilience to a variety of health-related outcomes. The Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) cohort study represents one of the largest data sets of the health and social context of adolescents transitioning into adulthood. It did not however use validated resilience scales in its data collection process. This study aimed to retrospectively create and validate a resilience indicator using existing data from the cohort to better understand the resilience of its participants.

Methods

Questions asked of participants during one Add Health data collection time period (N = 15,701) were matched to items on a well-known and widely validated resilience scale called the Connor Davidson R

SUBMITTER: Montoya-Williams D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728188 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature