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Psychometric properties of the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (ARQ) in a sample of Swedish adolescents
Linköpings universitet.
Marie Cederschiöld University, Department of Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1790-2732
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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.

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2022. Vol. 22, no 1, article id 468
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ARQ, Adolescents, Psychometric, Resilience
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URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9699DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04099-4ISI: 000825404400006PubMedID: 35836194OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-9699DiVA, id: diva2:1685643
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Open access funding provided by Linköping University.

Available from: 2022-08-03 Created: 2022-08-03 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved

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