Assessing Resilience Across Cultures Using Mixed Methods: Construction of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure
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An international team of investigators in 11 countries have worked collaboratively to develop a culturally and contextually relevant measure of youth resilience, the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28). The team used a mixed methods design that facilitated understanding of both common and unique aspects of resilience across cultures. Quantitative and qualitative stages to its development ensure the CYRM-28 has good content-related validity across research sites. Crossover comparison analyses of the findings from the quantitative administration of the pilot measure with 1,451 youth and qualitative interviews with 89 youth support the CYRM-28 as a culturally sensitive measure of youth resilience. The implications of this mixed methods approach to the development of measures for cross-cultural research are discussed.
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Among immigrant, racialised, marginalised, and Indigenous youth, cultural connectedness and strong or positive cultural identity help increase resilience, self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-clarity, life satisfaction, wellbeing, and mental health.
“Particularly among immigrant, racialised, marginalised, and Indigenous youth, 167 cultural connectedness and strong or positive cultural identity help increase resilience, 168,169 self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-clarity, 170,171 life satisfaction, wellbeing, and mental health. 167,170,171”
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- Authors
- Ungar, M., & Liebenberg, L.
- Affiliations
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Venue
- Journal of Mixed Methods Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-03-07
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 126-149
- ISSN
- 1558-6898 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-6901
- OpenAlex
- W2118167612
- Cited by
- 740
- References
- 7
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- FWCI
- 23.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Mixed Methods Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Education › Health Education and Validation
- Keywords
- youth resilience, Child and Youth Resilience Measure, cross-cultural measurement, scale development, content validity, mixed methods
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