Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), D-55122, Mainz, Germany.
Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychodiagnostics, Technical University of Braunschweig, D-38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):631. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06062-x.
The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) was developed to assess individual differences in the ability to recover from stress despite adversity and has been translated into several languages. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties (i.e., item characteristics, reliability, factor structure, measurement invariance, and validity) of the German version of the BRS in persons with mental disorders. A total of N = 5,986 persons admitted to inpatient treatment completed the German version of the BRS and other questionnaires. The discriminating power of the items, the difficulty of the items, and the internal consistency were all sufficient. Moreover, confirmatory factor analysis supported the two-factor structure of the BRS, consistent with the findings of the German validation study in a non-clinical sample. The BRS also had strict measurement invariance across diagnostic groups for mental disorders according to ICD-10. Validity was examined using a network analysis, in which the BRS demonstrated positive correlations with life satisfaction, self-efficacy and optimism and negative correlations with somatic symptoms, anxiety, insomnia, and depression. The BRS can serve as a reliable and valid tool for assessing resilience in clinical settings, facilitating the identification of persons with potentially lower psychosocial resources.
《简要韧性量表》（BRS）旨在评估个体在逆境中从压力中恢复的能力差异，已被翻译成多种语言。本研究旨在检验德国版 BRS 在精神障碍患者中的心理测量学特性（即项目特征、信度、因子结构、测量不变性和效度）。共有 N=5986 名住院治疗的患者完成了德国版 BRS 和其他问卷。项目的区分能力、项目的难度和内部一致性都足够。此外，验证性因子分析支持 BRS 的两因素结构，与非临床样本的德国验证研究结果一致。根据 ICD-10，BRS 还具有跨精神障碍诊断组的严格测量不变性。效度通过网络分析进行检验，其中 BRS 与生活满意度、自我效能感和乐观呈正相关，与躯体症状、焦虑、失眠和抑郁呈负相关。BRS 可作为一种在临床环境中评估韧性的可靠有效工具，有助于识别可能具有较低心理社会资源的人群。
