Title The psychometric properties of the resilience scale (RS-14) in Lithuanian adolescents /
Authors Želvienė, Paulina ; Jovarauskaitė, Lina ; Truskauskaitė-Kunevičienė, Inga
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.667285
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Is Part of Frontiers in psychology.. Lausanne : Frontiers Media S.A.. 2021, vol. 12, art. no. 667285, p. [1-7].. eISSN 1664-1078
Keywords [eng] resilience ; adolescence ; socio-emotional problems ; latent class analysis ; confirmatory factor analysis ; measurement invariance ; validity
Abstract [eng] In the current study, we provided the evidence of satisfactory validity of the RS-14 scale in the Lithuanian adolescents’ sample (N = 1299; Mage = 14.24; SDage = 1.26), based on its internal structure, and relations to other variables. The results of the study indicated an acceptable model fit for a single-factor structure of the scale with a high internal consistency (McDonald’s omega = 0.89). We also confirmed the scalar measurement invariance across groups of adolescents in terms of their age (i.e., early and middle adolescence) and mental health profile as well as partial scalar gender invariance. Adolescents characterized by high levels of socio-emotional problems reported lower levels of resilience, in comparison to adolescents that reported low levels of socio-emotional problems. However, the data indicated that adolescents from emotional problems and behavioral problems groups cannot be differentiated with the RS-14 scale.
Published Lausanne : Frontiers Media S.A
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2021
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