Citation

Daigneault I, Dion J, Hébert M, McDuff P, Collin-Vézina D. Child Abuse Negl. 2013; 37(2-3): 160-171.

Affiliation

Université de Montréal, Department of Psychology, Case Postale 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.06.004

PMID

23260113

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Explore the psychometric properties of the French Canadian version of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28, Resilience Research Centre, 2009; Ungar et al., 2008) in youth samples. METHOD: Two investigations were conducted. Participants in Study 1 were 589 youth (60% female) in grades 10-12 from two urban public high schools. Participants in Study 2 were 246 youth (48% female) from a rural public high school, 28% of who were from First Nations. All participants completed the French CYRM-28 and measures of self-esteem and self-acceptance/mindfulness. Participants in Study 2 completed additional measures evaluating their sense of empowerment, trauma symptoms, family problems and relationship with parents. RESULTS: Factor analysis identified three components correlated to each other: individual, family and community resilience. Evidence provides initial support for the construct validity of the scale by correlations with measures of self-esteem, self-acceptance/mindfulness, empowerment, trauma symptoms, relationship with parents and differences according to gender and a history of sexual abuse. CONCLUSION: The present results, the first to explore the psychometric properties of the French version of the CYRM-28, provide preliminary data supporting the reliability and validity of a global scale including 27 items. However, our results reveal a different factorial structure compared to previous studies using the CYRM-28. Future studies are needed to further document the validity of the scale.

Language: en