Laboratory of Aging and Neurodegeneration, Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil.
Center for Biomedical Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM). Department of Psychiatry, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Aging Ment Health. 2021 Aug;25(8):1554-1563. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2020.1753015. Epub 2020 Apr 17.
This study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the new Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Brief Resilience Scale (B-BRS) in older adults.
A sample of 1251 participants (54.20% women; = 68.02 years, = 6.52) completed the B-BRS and seven scales on successful aging and mental health. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to study the B-BRS dimensionality. Convergent and divergent validity was analyzed by means of examining the relationships of B-BRS with scales on successful aging and mental health.
The results supported the unidimensionality of the B-BRS after controlling for wording method, as well as satisfactory reliability (ω = .79). B-BRS structure remained invariant across education level and income groups. B-BRS scores positively correlated with successful aging factors and negatively with psychopathology symptoms.
To conclude, our findings provide some evidence on the reliability and validity of the B-BRS, as well as its validation for use in the senior population.
本研究旨在分析新的巴西葡萄牙语版简明韧性量表(B-BRS)在老年人中的心理测量学特性。
1251 名参与者(54.20%为女性;=68.02 岁,=6.52)完成了 B-BRS 以及七个关于成功老龄化和心理健康的量表。采用验证性因子分析来研究 B-BRS 的维度结构。通过考察 B-BRS 与成功老龄化和心理健康量表之间的关系,分析其聚合和发散效度。
在控制措辞方法后,结果支持 B-BRS 的单维度性,且具有较好的信度(ω=0.79)。B-BRS 结构在教育水平和收入群体之间保持不变。B-BRS 得分与成功老龄化因素呈正相关,与精神病理学症状呈负相关。
总之,我们的研究结果为 B-BRS 的可靠性和有效性提供了一些证据,同时也验证了其在老年人中的适用性。