Citation

De La Rosa GM, Webb-Murphy JA, Johnston SL. Mil. Med. 2016; 181(3): 202-208.

Affiliation

Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego, CA 92134.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States)

DOI

10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00037

PMID

26926743

Abstract

Resilience helps determine how people respond to stress. The Response to Stressful Events Scale (RSES) is an existing 22-item measure of resilience. We investigate the psychometric properties of the RSES and develop a 4-item measure of resilience using the most discriminating items from the RSES. Among two samples of military personnel presenting to mental health clinics, we see that the abbreviated resilience measure displays comparable internal consistency and test-retest reliability (versus the existing RSES). Among a sample of deployed military personnel, the abbreviated scale relates to validated measures of psychological strain. The 4-item abbreviated RSES measure is a brief, reliable, and valid measure of resilience.

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