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. 2020 Jun:288:112996.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112996. Epub 2020 Apr 18.

Development of a scale battery for rapid assessment of risk and resilience

Tyler M Moore  1 , Lauren K White  2 , Ran Barzilay  2 , Monica E Calkins  2 , Jason D Jones  2 , Jami F Young  2 , Ruben C Gur  2 , Raquel E Gur  2
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Development of a scale battery for rapid assessment of risk and resilience

Tyler M Moore et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

It is critical to understand the factors that increase risk for development of psychiatric disorders as well as promote resilience against disorders. The current study describes the development of a brief tool for risk/resilience assessment that takes a broad perspective of "risk" and "resilience" to characterize the phenomena, and assesses multiple factors that span intrapersonal, interpersonal, and wide-ranging external contexts. We administered twelve scales (212 items) to a diverse population comprising help-seeking and community participants (N = 298; 46% female) in the greater Philadelphia area. We used exploratory item-factor analysis to determine how items cluster across scales. After determining that a seven-factor solution was optimal, computerized adaptive testing (CAT) simulation was run to determine what would happen if the seven full-form factors were administered adaptively. These results were used to select items for short-form scales, producing seven final scales (items = 47). Validity was assessed by relating short-form scores to demographics, clinical diagnoses, scales, and criteria; these relationships were also compared to the relationships found with the original scales. Almost all effects detected by the twelve original scales were detected by the substantially abbreviated short-forms. The abbreviated battery shows promise for rapid assessment of multiple risk and resilience parameters, a necessity in large-scale studies.

Keywords: Environmental risk; Resilience; Scale abbreviation; Social environment; Trauma.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Group Comparisons on Fourteen Full-Form Risk and Resilience Scales, by Sex, Race, and Age. Note. EATQ = Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire (effortful control); MPVS = Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale; CYRM = Child & Youth Resilience Measure; DERS = Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; EDSE = Everyday Discrimination Scale; NRI = Network of Relationships Inventory; ADDI = Adolescent Discrimination Distress Index; ALES = Adverse Life Experiences Scale; NSC = Neighborhood Safety and Crime; NCC = neighborhood community cohesion; PANAS = Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children; Pos = positive; Neg = negative.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Standardized Mean Scores on Seven Risk and Resilience Short-Forms, by Race.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Standardized Mean Scores on Seven Risk and Resilience Short-Forms, by Age.
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