ABSTRACT

Although the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) has been extensively adapted worldwide, work on the generalizability of the original English BRS to Asian populations remains limited. This research evaluated the psychometric properties of the English BRS through two studies with Singaporean undergraduate freshmen (Study 1 n = 839; Study 2 n = 1,068) using Rasch analyses. Seven key areas (dimensionality, item properties, person responses, targeting, reliability, item bias and rating scale functioning) were investigated for validity evidence of the BRS based on test content, response processes and internal structure. Results from both studies consistently support the English BRS as an adequately valid tool to provide invariant interval measures of resilience in Singaporean university students, although future refinements of the BRS may consider additional items at higher difficulty levels for better targeting and distinction of resilience levels.

摘要

尽管简要恢复力量表 (BRS) 已在世界范围内广泛采用，但关于将原始英语 BRS 推广到亚洲人群的工作仍然有限。这项研究通过对新加坡本科新生的两项研究（研究 1 n = 839；研究 2 n = 1,068）使用 Rasch 分析评估了英语 BRS 的心理测量特性。根据测试内容、响应过程和内部结构，研究了七个关键领域（维度、项目属性、人员响应、目标、可靠性、项目偏差和评分量表功能），以获得 BRS 的有效性证据。两项研究的结果一致支持英语 BRS 作为一种充分有效的工具，可以为新加坡大学生提供不变的弹性区间测量，