Child Development
Volume 89, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1803-1820
Resilience in Context: A Brief and Culturally Grounded Measure for Syrian Refugee and Jordanian Host-Community Adolescents (Article) (Open Access)
Panter-Brick C.* ,
Hadfield K. ,
Dajani R. ,
Eggerman M. ,
Ager A. ,
Ungar M.
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Yale University, United States
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Dalhousie University, Canada
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Hashemite University, Jordan
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Yale University, United States
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Queen Margaret University, United Kingdom
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Dalhousie University, Canada
Abstract
Validated measures are needed for assessing resilience in conflict settings. An Arabic version of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) was developed and tested in Jordan. Following qualitative work, surveys were implemented with male/female, refugee/nonrefugee samples (N = 603, 11–18 years). Confirmatory factor analyses tested three-factor structures for 28- and 12-item CYRMs and measurement equivalence across groups. CYRM-12 showed measurement reliability and face, content, construct (comparative fit index =.92–.98), and convergent validity. Gender-differentiated item loadings reflected resource access and social responsibilities. Resilience scores were inversely associated with mental health symptoms, and for Syrian refugees were unrelated to lifetime trauma exposure. In assessing individual, family, and community-level dimensions of resilience, the CYRM is a useful measure for research and practice with refugee and host-community youth. © 2017 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020799077&doi=10.1111%2fcdev.12868&partnerID=40&md5=71b9ec928a1c5a86f7d409c2dbb84615
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12868
ISSN: 00093920
Cited by: 14
Original Language: English