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. 2017 Dec 13;15(1):242.
doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0817-3.

Validity and reliability of the Mexican resilience measurement scale in families of children with chronic conditions

Filiberto Toledano-Toledano  1 , José Moral de la Rubia  2 , Laurie D McCubbin  3 , Linda Liebenberg  4 , Jesús Alejandro Vera Jiménez  5 , Leonor Rivera-Rivera  6 , Angie Hart  7 , Leticia Andrea Barajas Nava  8 , Marcela Salazar García  9 , Silvia Martínez Valverde  10 , Sofía Rivera Aragón  11 , Concepción Sánchez Gómez  9 , Laura Villavicencio Guzmán  9 , Victor Granados García  12 , Juan Garduño Espinosa  13
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Validity and reliability of the Mexican resilience measurement scale in families of children with chronic conditions

Filiberto Toledano-Toledano et al. Health Qual Life Outcomes. .

Abstract

Background: The resilience to face disease is a process of positive adaptation despite the loss of health. It involves developing vitality and skills to overcome the negative effects of adversity, risks, and vulnerability caused by disease. In Mexico, the Mexican Resilience Measurement Scale (RESI-M) has been validated with a general population and has a five-factor structure. However, this scale does not allow evaluation of resilience in specific subpopulations, such as caregivers.

Method: This study investigated the psychometric properties of RESI-M in 446 family caregivers of children with chronic diseases. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed, internal consistency values were calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and mean comparisons were determined using t-tests.

Results: The expected five-factor model showed an adequate fit with the data based on a maximum likelihood test. The internal consistency for each factor ranged from .76 to .93, and the global internal consistency was .95. No average difference in RESI-M and its factors was found between women and men.

Conclusion: The RESI-M showed internal consistency and its model of five correlated factors was valid among family caregivers of children with chronic diseases.

Keywords: Family caregivers; Instrumental study; Mexican version; Pediatric chronic disease; Psychometric properties; RESI-m; Reliability; Resilience; Validity.

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This Research Project, HIM/2013/019/SSA.1141, was approved by the Commissions of Research, Ethics and Biosafety [Comisiones de Investigación, Ética y Bioseguridad], Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez Instituto Nacional de Salud. All participants signed an informed consent form.

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