Psychometric properties of the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (ARQ) in a sample of Swedish adolescentsShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: BMC Psychiatry, E-ISSN 1471-244X, Vol. 22, no 1, article id 468Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
BACKGROUND: The importance of resilience, and interest in it, has increased markedly in recent years, based on the need to understand why some children and young people have a resilience to stress that others lack. At the same time, there has been a lack of instruments to measure resilience. The aim of this study was to translate the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (ARQ) into Swedish and investigate the psychometrics of this Swedish version.
METHODS: A normative sample of 616 students aged 15-17 was recruited through the school system in five different communities. Students filled out a digitalised composite form consisting of ARQ and three other standardised questionnaires, the Sense of Coherence Scale-13 (Soc-13), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ).
RESULTS: The ARQ, with five domains and twelve subscales, showed good alpha coefficients α = .95 for the total scale and subscales ranging between α = .70 to .91, except for the subscales Emotional insight (α = 0.69) and Empathy/Tolerance (α = .61). The convergent validity, which was tested for the first time in this study, was good, especially with the Internal Domain for both SOC-13 and RSES. The confirmatory factor analysis showed a satisfactory construct validity. Finally, some gender differences were seen, with boys scoring higher on the total ARQ scale.
CONCLUSION: The study shows that the Swedish translation of ARQ has satisfactory psychometric properties. The ARQ could therefore be used as a tool for adolescents when evaluating the importance of resilience.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. Vol. 22, no 1, article id 468
Keywords [en]
ARQ, Adolescents, Psychometric, Resilience
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9699DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04099-4ISI: 000825404400006PubMedID: 35836194OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-9699DiVA, id: diva2:1685643
Note
Open access funding provided by Linköping University.
2022-08-032022-08-032024-01-17Bibliographically approved