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. 2023 Aug;60(4):733-750.
doi: 10.1177/13634615231167661. Epub 2023 Apr 25.

A systematic review of cross-cultural measures of resilience and its promotive and protective factors

Alec Terrana  1 , Wael Al-Delaimy  2
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A systematic review of cross-cultural measures of resilience and its promotive and protective factors

Alec Terrana et al. Transcult Psychiatry. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

As psychological resilience has been increasingly recognized as contextually constructed, mixed methods studies that map out local ecologies of resilience have become increasingly common. However, the direct adaptation of quantitative tools for cross-cultural use based on qualitative findings has been relatively lacking. The current review aims to provide an overview of existing measures of resilience used cross-culturally and to synthesize the protective and promotive factors and processes (PPFP) of resilience identified within these measures into a single resource. A January 2021 search of PubMed for studies of the development of psychological resilience measures that excluded studies of non-psychological resilience yielded 58 unique measures. These measures contain 54 unique PPFP of resilience, ranging from individual to communal-level characteristics. This review is intended to serve as a complementary tool for adapting standardized measures for stakeholders requiring an assessment tool that is attuned to their context for mental health risk assessment and intervention evaluation.

Keywords: Resilience; cultural adaptation; measure development; mixed method; protective and promotive factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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