Development and Validation of a Chinese Resilience Scale for Young Children

Zhihong Zuo; Yirui Luo; Juzhe Xi; Weidong Ji

doi:10.3390/ijerph20032216

Development and Validation of a Chinese Resilience Scale for Young Children

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 26;20(3):2216. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032216.

Authors

Zhihong Zuo¹, Yirui Luo², Juzhe Xi², Weidong Ji³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
² Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis, Affiliated Mental Health Center (ECNU), Positive Education China Academy, Juzhe Xi's Master Workroom of Shanghai School Mental Health Service, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
³ Affiliated Mental Health Center (ECNU), Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200335, China.

Abstract

(1) Background: Resilience research began in the child population as a validity scale to describe children's psychological wellbeing and ability to cope with negative events, and to some extent, to predict recovery and adaptation when they experience adversity again. In view of the important developmental implications of resilience in young children and the lack of a Chinese children's resilience scale, this study developed a resilience scale for young Chinese children based on a systematic review of existing international resilience scales and the characteristics of the Chinese cultural background. (2) Methods: The scale was developed by referring to existing scales, expert interviews, item collation and item finalization, developing original items, then deleting and determining items through item analysis, and finally, comparing with existing scales to obtain the internal and external validity of this scale. (3) Results: The results showed that the scale has good measurement properties, internal consistency reliability, and internal and external validity. (4) Conclusions: Through the development and validation of the Resilience Scale for young children in China, the scale can be used to measure the resilience of young children in China.

Keywords: reliability and validity; resilience scale; young children.

Publication types

Systematic Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asian People
Child
Child, Preschool
China
East Asian People*
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Humans
Psychometrics / methods
Reproducibility of Results
Resilience, Psychological*
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China (grant no. 18BSH129), the Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (grant no. 20DZ2260300), the Scientific and Technological Innovation 2030 Major Project (grant no. 2021ZD0200535), the East China Normal University Medicine and Health Joint Fund (grant no. 2022JKXYD05001), the Shanghai Pujiang Program of China (grant no. 12PJC037), and the Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment towards Basic Education Quality, East China Normal University, China.