Gomes Genara Brum, Gatti-Reis Luisa, Perazzo Matheus França, Araújo Marisa Alves, Mattos Flávio Freitas, Gartland Deirdre, Paiva Saul Martins, Pordeus Isabela Almeida
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Department of Dental Public Health, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
PLoS One. 2025 Feb 3;20(2):e0310450. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310450. eCollection 2025.
Resilience refers to one's ability to face life's challenges and achieve positive outcomes, and has drawn increasing interest from researchers and policymakers. The Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (ARQ) is a measure that assesses resilience in adolescents according to a multidimensional perspective, encompassing its several different domains. This cross-sectional study aimed to translate and evaluate the measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the ARQ (B-ARQ) for use with Brazilian adolescents. Two native speakers in Brazilian Portuguese language who were also fluent in English language translated the ARQ from English into Portuguese. A committee of experts in validation studies compared the translated versions. A summarized version was produced and back-translated by a translator native of the English language and fluent in Portuguese. The B-ARQ was pre-tested in a sample of 21 adolescents. An expert committee considered the suggestions and defined the final version of the instrument, which was tested in a sample of 210 adolescent students from public and private schools in the city of Dom Pedrito, Brazil. All students filled out the 88-item instrument as well as a socio-demographic questionnaire. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics of all variables (frequency distribution, floor, ceiling effects), internal consistency, and confirmatory factor analysis of the version with 88 items and the shortened version with 49 items. The short version with 49 items was validated in a cross-sectional study in an adolescent population of high school students using exploratory factor analysis in the Unites States. The 88-item ARQ had poor structural validity with unsatisfactory model fit indices. Therefore, the investigation focused on the short 49-item version of the ARQ (B-ARQ-SV). The final model presented satisfactory RMSEA = 0.042 (p = 0.994, 90% CI: 0.037-0.047) and SRMR of 0.076, despite the low CFI (0.878). The internal consistency was estimated with McDonald's Omega for each factor: Confidence (ω = 0.480), Negative Cognition (ω = 0.588), Empathy/tolerance (ω = 0.295), Emotional insight (ω = 0.425), Social Skill (ω = 0.235), Family Domain Connectedness (ω = 0.785), Family Domain Availability (ω = 0.847), Peers Domain Connectedness (ω = 0.719), Peers Domain Availability (ω = 0.402), School Domain Supportive environment (ω = 0.677), School Domain Connectedness (ω = 0.013), Community Domain Connectedness (ω = 0.791). One scale showed a ceiling effect (frequency higher than 15.0%), but we identified no critical floor effect. The B-ARQ-SV is a valid (in terms of content and structural validity) and reliable (in terms of internal consistency) measurement instrument to assess resilience in Brazilian adolescents.
心理韧性是指一个人面对生活挑战并取得积极成果的能力，越来越受到研究人员和政策制定者的关注。青少年心理韧性问卷（ARQ）是一种从多维视角评估青少年心理韧性的测量工具，涵盖了几个不同的领域。这项横断面研究旨在翻译并评估巴西版ARQ（B-ARQ）的测量属性，以供巴西青少年使用。两位精通巴西葡萄牙语且英语流利的母语人士将ARQ从英语翻译成葡萄牙语。一个验证研究专家委员会对翻译版本进行了比较。生成了一个汇总版本，并由一位精通葡萄牙语的英语母语翻译人员进行回译。B-ARQ在21名青少年样本中进行了预测试。一个专家委员会考虑了这些建议并确定了该工具的最终版本，该版本在巴西多姆佩德里托市公立和私立学校的210名青少年学生样本中进行了测试。所有学生都填写了这份包含88个条目的问卷以及一份社会人口统计学问卷。统计分析包括所有变量的描述性统计（频率分布、地板效应、天花板效应）、内部一致性，以及对包含88个条目的版本和缩短为49个条目的版本进行验证性因素分析。在美国，一个包含49个条目的简短版本在一项针对青少年高中生的横断面研究中通过探索性因素分析得到了验证。包含88个条目的ARQ结构效度较差，模型拟合指数不理想。因此，研究重点放在了ARQ的简短49个条目版本（B-ARQ-SV）上。最终模型呈现出令人满意的RMSEA = 0.042（p = 0.994，90% CI：0.037 - 0.047）和SRMR为0.076，尽管CFI较低（0.878）。使用麦克唐纳欧米伽系数对每个因素的内部一致性进行了估计：信心（ω = 0.480）、消极认知（ω = 0.588）、同理心/宽容（ω = 0.295）、情绪洞察力（ω = 0.425）、社交技能（ω = 0.235）、家庭领域连通性（ω = 0.785）、家庭领域可利用性（ω = 0.847）、同伴领域连通性（ω = 0.719）、同伴领域可利用性（ω = 0.402）、学校领域支持性环境（ω = 0.677）、学校领域连通性（ω = 0.013）、社区领域连通性（ω = 0.791）。一个量表显示出天花板效应（频率高于15.0%），但未发现严重的地板效应。B-ARQ-SV是一种有效（在内容和结构效度方面）且可靠（在内部一致性方面）的测量工具，用于评估巴西青少年的心理韧性。
