Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 27;19(8):e0309587. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309587. eCollection 2024.
The Brief Resilience Coping Scale (BRCS) is a brief instrument suitable for epidemiological studies. The aims of this paper were to analyze changes in BRCS depending on time, sex, age group, relationship status, as well as risk of poverty, to test the psychometric properties including test-retest reliability and measurement invariance, and to determine associations with psychosocial stress, depressiveness, anxiety, social support, as well as subjective mental and physical health. As the data from this study was collected during the pandemic, an additional sensitivity analysis was performed with pre-pandemic data.
A longitudinal study of resilience and distress in a large-sized community sample was performed at one pre-pandemic (T0) and three pandemic time points (T1-3). Resilient coping was assessed by the 4-Item short form of the BRCS, distress by the PHQ-9 and GAD-2.
BRCS decreased between the first and the second and increased at the third pandemic time point. The scale had a good internal consistency. Test-retest correlation coefficients ranged from 0.527 to 0.589. Higher resilient coping was found in younger participants, participants not at-risk-of-poverty and in males. Stability was higher in those with a partner, and at-risk-of-poverty. Significant negative associations with psychosocial stress, loneliness, depressiveness, anxiety, social support, as well as subjective and physical health and SES underscored the construct validity.
Overall, findings underscore that resilient coping is a dynamic construct with considerable stability. The scale showed good psychometric properties including test-retest reliability over four months to two years. We found that it is not only important to describe the level of resilient coping, but also its stability.
《简要应对韧性量表》（BRCS）是一种适用于流行病学研究的简短工具。本文的目的是分析 BRCS 随时间、性别、年龄组、婚姻状况以及贫困风险的变化，测试其心理测量学特性，包括重测信度和测量不变性，并确定其与心理社会压力、抑郁、焦虑、社会支持以及主观心理和身体健康的相关性。由于本研究的数据是在大流行期间收集的，因此还对大流行前的数据进行了额外的敏感性分析。
在一个大社区样本中进行了一项关于韧性和困扰的纵向研究，该研究在大流行前（T0）和三个大流行期间（T1-3）进行。使用 BRCS 的 4 项简短形式评估韧性应对，使用 PHQ-9 和 GAD-2 评估困扰。
BRCS 在第一次和第二次之间下降，在第三次大流行期间增加。该量表具有良好的内部一致性。重测相关系数范围为 0.527 至 0.589。年轻参与者、无贫困风险和男性的韧性应对较高。有伴侣和处于贫困风险的人的稳定性较高。与心理社会压力、孤独感、抑郁、焦虑、社会支持以及主观和身体健康和 SES 的显著负相关强调了其结构效度。
总体而言，研究结果表明，韧性应对是一种具有相当稳定性的动态结构。该量表表现出良好的心理测量学特性，包括重测信度，在四个月至两年之间。我们发现，描述韧性应对的水平很重要，但它的稳定性也很重要。
