THE BRIEF RESILIENCE SCALE - A ROMANIAN-LANGUAGE ADAPTATION

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the
adaptation of the Brief Resilience Scale developed by
Smith et al. to the Romanian language. The scale was
applied in two different samples at different times. In
the first study, conducted on a sample composed of 198
military students, factor analysis revealed the presence
of a single factor, weakly charged with five of the six
items of the scale.The internal validity coefficient of the
scale is low, but convergent validity is well supported
by strong correlations between the level of resilience
and other measured constructs (perceived stress, self-
efficacy  and  self-regulation).  In  the  second  study,
conducted on one sample made up of 166 employees in
the Romanian military system, all items satisfactorily
loaded on a single factor and Cronbach's alpha value
indicated good internal consistency of the scale.The
staff resilience level was positively correlated with skill
use and social support at work and negatively with
perceived   stress.   The   t-test   highlighted   a   strong
association between professional status of respondents
and   their   level   of   resilience,   military   personnel
obtaining higher average than civilian personnel as well
as a weak association between the respondents' gender
and their level of resilience, men achieving  higher
average than women. Students have lower resilience
scores than staff whilst also reporting higher stress
levels.  Although  BRS  did  not  prove  satisfactory
psychometric  properties  for  the  sample  of  military
students, it proved suitable for the sample of employees
of the Romanian military system.