About the Measure
| Domains | Resilience and coping |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Personal strengths; External resources |
| Description | The RYDM measures both internal assets (personal strengths) and external resources (protective factors), all of which have been linked to positive developmental outcomes. |
| Example | I have high goals and expectations for myself |
| Link | http://chks.wested.org/administer/download/supplemental/#res |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 51 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 20 |
| Age | 12-17 |
| Cost single purchase | $150 |
| Cost per child | $1.50 |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .69-.93 |
| Test retest | 2 weeks, r= [.44,.82] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | 8 factors CFI=.97 TLI=.99 RMSEA=.035 WRMR=2.17 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Tobacco use, r= [-.14,-.30]; School connectedness, r= [.29,.49]; Physical fight, r= [-.07,-.26] |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Hanson, T. L., & Kim, J. O. (2007). Measuring Resilience and Youth Development: The Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Kids Survey. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED498459.pdf Furlong, M. J., Ritchey, K. M., & O’Brennan, L. M. (2009). Developing norms for the California Resilience Youth Development Module: Internal assets and school resources subscales. The California School Psychologist, 14(1), 35-46. doi:10.1007/bf03340949 |