Are In-the-Moment Resilience Processes Predicted by Questionnaire-Based Measures of Resilience?

Daniel Ventus*, Patrik Söderberg

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Abstract

Research on resilience is a growing field, and resilience has been conceptualized and operationalized in multiple ways. The aim of this study was to compare the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS), a conventional measure of resilience, with within-person process indicators derived from experience sampling method (ESM). A sample of 177 teachers from southern Finland participated in the study, commencing with a startup session followed by an 8-day ESM period. Through twice-daily prompts, participants reported their immediate positive and negative affect as well as recent stressors encountered, such as workload and challenging social interactions. As expected, within-person variation in affect was predicted by stressors. However, contrary to expectations, individual differences in affective reactivity to stressors were not predicted by BRCS (β positive affect [95% CI] = −.20, [−.51,.11]; β negative affect =.33, [−.07,.69]). Item response theory analyses of the BRCS revealed problems with precision. The results call into question the validity of measuring resilience using single administrations of retrospective self-report questionnaires such as the BRCS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1615-1625
Number of pages11
JournalAssessment
Volume31
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2024
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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