- Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi
- Vol: 39 Issue: 2
- Resiliency Scale (RS): Scale Development, Reliability and Validity Study
Resiliency Scale (RS): Scale Development, Reliability and Validity Study
Authors : Uğur Gürgan
Pages : 45-74
Doi:10.1501/Egifak_0000000140
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Publication Date : 2006-10-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The purpose of this study was to develop a new Resiliency Scale (RS) for Turkish samples. Various items from some major resiliency scales, most of them with some partial change, were collected and a pool of 228 items containing almost all possible resilience areas were obtained. This item-pool was administered to a college sample of 419. Resulting of analysis 50 item RS were obtained and administered to a new college sample of 112 participants. This second sample has also received the Rosenbaum’s Learned Resourcefulness Hopelessness Scale and Problem Solving Inventory. Results, Pearson LocusKeywords : Resiliency Scale, resilience, scale development, reliability, validity, factor analysis