Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Dispositional Resilience Scale among Brazilian adult patients

• Published in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 74; no. 12; pp. 1014 - 1020
• Main Authors: Solano, João Paulo Consentino, Bracher, Eduardo Sawaya Botelho, Faisal-Cury, Alexandre, Ashmawi, Hazem Adel, Carmona, Maria José Carvalho, Lotufo, Francisco, Vieira, Joaquim Edson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rua do Matoso 170, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 20270-135, Brazil Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda 01-12-2016; Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO; Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anxiety - psychology; Borderline Personality Disorder - diagnosis; Borderline Personality Disorder - psychology; Brazil; CLINICAL SCALES, CRITERIA AND TOOLS; comparação transcultural; Cross-Cultural Comparison; escalas; Female; Humans; Language; Male; Middle Aged; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHIATRY; Psychometrics; Resilience, Psychological; resiliência psicológica; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Translations; transtorno da borderline personalidade; validação; Young Adult; Brazil; comparação transcultural; escalas; borderline personality; transtorno da borderline personalidade; resilience, psychological; validação; scales; validation studies; resiliência psicológica; cross-cultural comparisons
• ISSN: 0004-282X; 1678-4227; 1678-4227; 0004-282X
• DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20160148

ABSTRACT
Objective
Verifying the psychometrics of a Brazilian version of the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15).
Methods
Cross-cultural adaptation was done interviewing 65 adult patients. Validation was evaluated by application of the Lipp Brazilian Stress Symptoms Inventory (ISSL), Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ), and other measures to 575 participants from the psychiatric ambulatories (for borderline personality, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorders) and non-psychiatric ambulatories (chronic pain, pre-anesthetic consultation and companions for the latter). Temporal stability was verified with 123 participants.
Results
Exploratory factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution. Psychometrics were acceptable (alpha coefficient, 0.71; intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.81). Correlations with the ISSL, SRQ and other measures were noted except for factor 3. In the psychiatric sample, hardiness scores of borderline patients were lower than those of patients with anxiety disorders.
Conclusion
This version of the DRS-15 exhibited good reliability in a sample of Brazilian patients; validity was confirmed in two of the scale factors.