Rasch model

Physics

Data mining

Psychological resilience

Developmental psychology

Artificial intelligence

Psychology

Power (physics)

Interpersonal communication

Psychometrics

Dependency (UML)

Item response theory

Polytomous Rasch model

Resilience (materials science)

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Quantum mechanics

Clinical psychology

Social psychology

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Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

The Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) is one of the most popular measures of resilience. In this paper, we investigate the CYRM using Rasch analysis to explore and improve its psychometric properties, leading to a more robust measure of resilience.Cross-sectional data were obtained from a questionnaire administered to n = 408 individuals in Canada aged 11-19 who were participating in the Pathways to Resilience study. Rasch analysis was applied to these data, resulting in the production of a 17-item, 2-subscale CYRM-R, consisting of intra/interpersonal and caregiver resilience subscales. The subscales demonstrated good fit to the Rasch model by satisfying requirements of unidimensionality, good fit statistics and internal reliability, and a lack of item bias and problematic local dependency. The person separation indices also indicated that the subscales had good ability to differentiate between individuals of varying levels of resilience. In sum, the CYRM-R is a 2-subscale, 17-item Rasch-validated measure of resilience with robust psychometric properties. This revised measure is recommended for researchers and practitioners who are interested in measuring resilience across diverse cultures and contexts.

The CYRM-R: A Rasch-Validated Revision of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure