Abstract
BackgroundOnly a few studies exist on the resilience of divorced women. Furthermore, relevant instruments for assessing the resilience of divorced immigrant Southeast Asian women are rare. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to develop and examine a new Resilience Scale-Chinese version (RS-C) that is specific to divorced immigrant Southeast Asian women in Taiwan.MethodsThe study was conducted in two phases. In phase 1, 20 items were used to evaluate face and content validities. In phase 2, a cross-sectional study was conducted. In total, 118 immigrant women participated in this study and were recruited from three nongovernmental organizations providing services for immigrants in Taipei City and Miaoli and Chiayi Counties. Psychometric properties of the instrument (i.e., internal consistency, test–retest reliability, item-to-total correlation, construct validity, and convergent validity) were examined. Significance was set at p < 0.05 for all statistical tests.ResultsThe final 16-item RS-C resulted in a three-factor model. The three factors, namely personal competence, family identity, and social connections, were an acceptable fit for the data and explained 54.60% of the variance. Cronbach’s α of the RS-C was 0.85, and those of its subscales ranged from 0.77 to 0.82. The correlation value of the test–retest reliability was 0.87. The RS-C was significantly associated with the General Self-Efficacy scale and the Chinese Health Questionnaire-12.ConclusionThe RS-C is a brief and specific self-report tool for evaluating the resilience of divorced immigrant Southeast Asian women and demonstrated adequate reliability and validity in this study. This RS-C instrument has potential applications in both clinical practice and research with strength-based resiliency interventions. However, additional research on the RS-C is required to further establish its reliability and validity.
Highlights
Many Southeast Asian women have migrated to Taiwan over the past two decades
The Resilience Scale-Chinese version (RS-C) focuses on the unique aspect of the interaction of individual resilience with contextual resources that are close to life environments among divorced Southeast Asian immigrant women [16, 17]
This study demonstrated that the RS-C is a feasible, reliable, and valid measurement tool for evaluating resilience in women who experienced divorce in intercultural marriages in Taiwan
Summary
Many Southeast Asian women have migrated to Taiwan over the past two decades. According to the results of a survey of 101,000 Southeast Asian immigrant women, 35.9% and 46.5% were introduced to their spouses through matchmaking agencies and through friends and relatives, respectively. The families of these women were economically less well off, and there was an age difference of more than 12 years between the Taiwanese husbands and Southeast Asian women [3]. Taiwanese husbands might not trust their Southeast Asian wives resulting in them lacking social support from their homeland, friends, and relatives [4]. Relevant instruments for assessing the resilience of divorced immigrant Southeast Asian women are rare. The aim of this study was to develop and examine a new Resilience Scale-Chinese version (RS-C) that is specific to divorced immigrant Southeast Asian women in Taiwan
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