Factorial Invariance of the 10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale Across Gender Among Chinese Elders

Meng Meng; Jiayue He; Yuzhu Guan; Haofei Zhao; Jinyao Yi; Shuqiao Yao; Lezhi Li

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01237

Factorial Invariance of the 10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale Across Gender Among Chinese Elders

Front Psychol. 2019 May 31:10:1237. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01237. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Meng Meng^{1

2}, Jiayue He³, Yuzhu Guan^{1

2}, Haofei Zhao³, Jinyao Yi³, Shuqiao Yao³, Lezhi Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
² Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China.
³ Medical Psychological Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

Abstract

Resilience plays an important role in the health of the elderly. The 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) is widely used to evaluate resilience, but its factorial invariance has not been evaluated in the Chinese elders. In the current study, 1,238 Chinese elders aged 60 years and above completed the Chinese CD-RISC-10, yielding good reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.936, Omega coefficient = 0.83, and test-retest reliability coefficient of 0.665 after 6 months). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a single-factor model fitted our CD-RISC-10 data well, both for the total sample and for each gender group. Furthermore, factorial invariance across genders was supported by multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. Finally, the current study revealed greater resilience levels in Chinese elderly women than in Chinese elderly men.

Keywords: aged; factor analysis; factorial invariance; reliability; resilience.