Given the increasing threat of disasters in the United States and elsewhere around the world, well-tested assessment tools that operationalise specific protective factors associated with adaptation and resilience to such events are needed. Consequently, the authors proposed, developed, and validated the Disaster Adaptation and Resilience Scale (DARS) to measure five domains found to support adaptive responses in individuals exposed to disasters: physical resources; social resources; problem-solving; distress regulation; and optimism. The development and validation processes of DARS occurred across two studies: the first comprised construct development, item generation, and expert review, whereas the second involved a full validation evaluation of the psychometric properties of the scale in a sample of adults exposed to a disaster in the US (N=625). The results revealed that DARS had psychometric properties that support its use among adults experiencing a disaster. A discussion is presented on how the scale can be employed in both research and practice.

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灾难适应和复原力量表：个人级别保护措施的开发和验证

鉴于美国和世界其他地方的灾害威胁日益增加，需要经过充分测试的评估工具，将与此类事件的适应和复原力相关的特定保护因素投入使用。因此，作者提出、开发并验证了灾难适应和复原力量表 (DARS) 来衡量五个被发现支持受灾个人的适应性反应的领域：物理资源；社会资源；解决问题；遇险监管；和乐观。DARS 的开发和验证过程发生在两项研究中：第一项包括构建开发、项目生成和专家审查，而第二项涉及对暴露于灾难的成年人样本中的量表的心理测量特性进行全面验证评估。美国（N=625）。结果表明，DARS 具有心理测量特性，支持其在经历灾难的成年人中使用。讨论了如何在研究和实践中使用该量表。