Resilience in Context: A Brief and Culturally Grounded Measure for Syrian Refugee and Jordanian Host‐Community Adolescents | Zendy

PanterBrick Catherine | Zendy; Hadfield Kristin | Zendy; Dajani Rana | Zendy; Eggerman Mark | Zendy; Ager Alastair | Zendy; Ungar Michael | Zendy

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Resilience in Context: A Brief and Culturally Grounded Measure for Syrian Refugee and Jordanian Host‐Community Adolescents

Author(s) -

PanterBrick Catherine,

Hadfield Kristin,

Dajani Rana,

Eggerman Mark,

Ager Alastair,

Ungar Michael

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

child development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103

H-Index - 257

eISSN - 1467-8624

pISSN - 0009-3920

DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12868

Subject(s) - refugee , psychology , context (archaeology) , measure (data warehouse) , developmental psychology , resilience (materials science) , psychological resilience , narrative , grounded theory , social psychology , qualitative research , sociology , anthropology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , history , paleontology , physics , database , computer science , biology , thermodynamics

Validated measures are needed for assessing resilience in conflict settings. An Arabic version of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) was developed and tested in Jordan. Following qualitative work, surveys were implemented with male/female, refugee/nonrefugee samples ( N = 603, 11–18 years). Confirmatory factor analyses tested three‐factor structures for 28‐ and 12‐item CYRMs and measurement equivalence across groups. CYRM‐12 showed measurement reliability and face, content, construct (comparative fit index = .92–.98), and convergent validity. Gender‐differentiated item loadings reflected resource access and social responsibilities. Resilience scores were inversely associated with mental health symptoms, and for Syrian refugees were unrelated to lifetime trauma exposure. In assessing individual, family, and community‐level dimensions of resilience, the CYRM is a useful measure for research and practice with refugee and host‐community youth.

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