Abstract
The present paper outlines the development of the Protective Factors for Resilience Scale (PFRS). To address limitations in the literature related to measuring psychological resilience this paper outlines a two stage process in developing the PFRS. After an initial exploratory factor analysis (Stage 1: N = 413 adults), the result of confirmatory factor analysis (Stage 2: N = 240 adults) supported the proposed model where a single second-order factor explained the degree of association between three lower order factors (Personal Resources, Social Resources Family and Social Resources Peers, each indicated by 5 items per factor). Other evidence of the construct validity for the PFRS was observed in stage 2 as the expected associations between the PFRS and measures of self-esteem, coping styles (except for problem-focused coping) and life satisfaction were observed. Although future testing of the PFRS with other populations is needed, the results of the present study provide initial evidence to support the view that the PFRS is a psychometrically sound, brief and broad measure of three protective factors associated with resilience.
RAS ID
25766
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2017
Location of the Work
United States
School
School of Arts and Humanities / School of Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Publisher
Cogent OA
Recommended Citation
Harms, C., Pooley, J., & Cohen, L. (2017). The protective factors for resilience scale (PFRS): Development of the scale. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2017.1400415
Comments
Harms, C., Pooley, J. A., & Cohen, L. (2017). The protective factors for resilience scale (PFRS): Development of the scale. Cogent Psychology, 4(1), 1400415.
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2017.1400415