About the Measure
| Domains | Resilience and coping |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Personal competence; Family cohesion; Structured style; Social resources; Social cohesion |
| Description | A measure of different resilience factors for young people. |
| Example | I achieve my goals if I make a great effort |
| Link | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S200707801530002X |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 28 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 10 |
| Age | 12-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .88 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | KMO= .92 Ma |
| CFA | 5 factors Chi-square= 6146.0 df= 3402 RMSEA= .06; CFI= .97; GFI= .93 Chi-square= 558.762 gl = 199 CFI = .932 NFI = .899 IFI = .933 TLI = .921 RMSEA = .046 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Emotional Quotient Inventory, r= [.44,.55]; Youth Version: Rosenberg self-esteem scale, r= [.32,.59]; Children's Depression Inventory, r= [-.45,-.36]; Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, r= [-.23,-.11]; Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, r= [-.40,-.11] |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Kelly, Y., Fitzgerald, A., & Dooley, B. (2016). Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) in Ireland: a multi-group analysis. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1506 Ruvalcaba-Romero, N. (2014). Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) in Mexico. Journal of Behavior, Health and Social Issues, 6(2), 21–34. doi:10.5460/jbhsi.v6.2.41180 |