Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas, Universidad de La Rioja, 26004 Logroño,
Psicothema. 2013;25(2):245-51. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2012.183.
The literature regarding entrepreneurship suggests that the resilience of entrepreneurs may help to explain entrepreneurial success, but there is no resilience measure widely accepted by researchers. This study analyzes the psychometric properties of the Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in a sample of Spanish entrepreneurs.
A telephone survey research method was used. The participants were entrepreneurs operating in the business services sector. Interviewers telephoned a total of 900 entrepreneurs of whom 783 produced usable questionnaires. The CD-RISC was used as data collection instrument. We used principal component analysis factor and confirmatory factor analysis to determine the factor structure of the CD-RISC.
Confirmatory factor analysis failed to verify the original five-factor structure of the CD-RISC, whereas principal component analysis factor yielded a 3-factor structure of resilience (hardiness, resourcefulness and optimism). In this research, 47.48% of the total variance was accounted for by three factors, and the obtained factor structure was verified through confirmatory factor analysis.
The CD-RISC has been shown to be a reliable and valid tool for measuring entrepreneurs' resilience.
创业文献表明，创业者的韧性可以帮助解释创业成功，但目前还没有被研究人员广泛认可的韧性衡量标准。本研究在西班牙创业者样本中分析了 Connor 和 Davidson 韧性量表（CD-RISC）的心理测量特性。
采用电话调查研究方法。参与者为从事商业服务行业的企业家。调查员共电话联系了 900 名企业家，其中 783 名企业家提供了可用的问卷。CD-RISC 被用作数据收集工具。我们使用主成分分析因子和验证性因子分析来确定 CD-RISC 的因子结构。
验证性因子分析未能验证 CD-RISC 的原始五因子结构，而主成分分析因子得出了韧性的 3 因子结构（坚韧、机敏和乐观）。在这项研究中，总方差的 47.48%由三个因素解释，并且通过验证性因子分析验证了所得到的因子结构。
CD-RISC 已被证明是衡量企业家韧性的可靠和有效的工具。
