Evidences of validity of the Brief Resilience Scale for Brazil
Evidencias de validez de la Escala Breve de Resiliencia para Brasil
Sabrina Martins Barroso
Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, (2021), 53, pp. 172-179.
Received 5 June 2021
Accepted 3 November 2021
Introducción: La resiliencia es la capacidad de adaptarse o recuperarse ante situaciones adversas. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo adaptar e investigar la evidencia de la validez de la Escala Breve de Resiliencia (BRS) para el contexto brasileño. Método: La muestra total fue de 1937 personas que participaron del estudio y el análisis de validez se realizó con 1480 personas entre las edades de 18 y 78 años. Se realizó con traducción, retrotraducción, análisis descriptivo, análisis de confiabilidad, análisis factorial confirmatorio, Teoría de Respuesta al Ítem, curva ROC y correlación BRS con la Escala de Resiliencia Connor-Davidson – versión de 10 ítems (CD-RISC-10), Apoyo Social Escala de percepción, cuestionario de salud del paciente – versión de 2 ítems (PHQ-2) y datos sociodemográficos. Resultados: Los resultados mostraron adecuación de la versión brasileña de BRS (BRS-BR), alfa de 0.80, omega = 0.81, un factor, buena capacidad de información de los ítems (excepto el ítem 5) y correlación con CD-RISC-10 (rho = 0.64), PHQ-2 (rho = – 0.38) y Apoyo Social (rho = 0.14). También hubo correlación con el sexo (rho = 0.11), la edad (rho = 0.13), el estado civil (rho = 0.15) y la escolaridad (rho = 0.15). La curva ROC muestra el punto de corte en 10 puntos para baja resiliencia y 21 puntos para alta resiliencia. Conclusiones: La investigación de las características psicométricas del BRS-BR mostró que el instrumento puede ser útil para la evaluación de la resiliencia en el contexto brasileño.
Palabras clave:
Resiliencia, escala, validación, recuperación, Escala Breve de Resiliencia
Introduction: Resilience is the ability to adapt or recover after adverse situations. This study aimed to adapt and investigate evidence of the validity of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) for the Brazilian context. Method: The total sample comprised 1,937 people who participated in the study and the validity analysis was carried out with 1,480 people between 18 and 78 years of age. It was carried out using translation, back-translation, descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Item Response Theory, the ROC curve and BRS correlation with the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale – 10-item version (CD-RISC-10), the Social Support Perception Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire – 2-item version (PHQ-2), and sociodemographic data. Results: The results showed the adequacy of the Brazilian version of the BRS (BRS-BR), alpha of 0.80, omega = 0.81, one factor, good information capacity of the items (except for item 5) and correlation with the CD-RISC-10 (rho = 0.64), PHQ-2 (rho = – 0.38) and Social Support (rho = 0.14). There was also a correlation with sex (rho = 0.11), age (rho = 0.13), marital status (rho = 0.15) and schooling (rho = 0.15). The ROC curve shows a cutoff point at 10 points for low resilience and 21 points for high resilience. Conclusions: The investigation of the psychometric characteristics of the BRS-BR showed that the instrument can be useful for the evaluation of resilience in the Brazilian context.
Keywords:
Resilience, scale, validation, recovery, Brief Resilience Scale
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