Reliability and validity of Connor-Davidson resilience scale in Chinese college students

Abstract

Objective To examine the reliability and validity of Chinese revision of connor-davidson resilience scale(CD-RISC) in Chinese college students. Methods 1610 college students were tested with CD-RISC.783 of them took a more test by BFI and SCL-90 at the same time.After three weeks, 83 students were retested by CD-RISC. Results (1) The results of confirmatory factor analysis (χ2/df=6.632, RMSEA =0.059, GFI=0.934, AGFI=0.915, CFI=0.927, NFI=0.915) indicated that the three-factor model reasonably fitted Chinese college students. (2) The Cronabach α coefficients of the CD-RISC and three factors called adaptability, tenacity and autonomy were 0.914, 0.865, 0.784, 0.767 respectively; the mean inter-item correlation coefficients of them were 0.364, 0.417, 0.425, 0.398 respectively; the Guttman split-half coefficients were 0.888, 0.843, 0.707, 0.650 respectively; the retest-reliability coefficients were 0.856, 0.742, 0.777, 0.747.(3) The scores of the total scale of CD-RISC and three factors were significantly correlated to BFI and SCL-90(P<0.01). There were significant differences between the low-resilient group and the high-resilient group in every index of BFI and SCL-90. (4) There were significant differences between male and female students in CD-RISC and factor tenacity and autonomy(male: 2.77±0.60, 2.70±0.74, 2.65±0.68; female: 2.70±0.53, 2.62±0.67, 2.54±0.62; P<0.05) . Conclusion The Chinese version of CD-RISC is a reliable and valid method for assessing resilience in Chinese college students. Key words: Chinese revision of connor-davidson resilience scale; College students; Reliability; Validity