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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1615-1625 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Assessment |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2024 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |