Title: Reliability and validity of the mental resilience scale for military personnel
Abstract: Objective To develop a mental resilience scale for military personnel and examine the reliability and validity of this scale.MethodsA total of 2611 male officers and soldiers chosen by random cluster sampling to outline the mental resilience scale for military personnel,with the subjects divided into group A and group B.In group A (n=1112) exploratory factor analysis and correlation analysis were used,and in group B (n=1499) confirmatory factor analysis was used.ResultsThe results of exploratory factor analysis and correlation analysis indicated that the Cronbach'α coefficient of total scale was 0.833,and that of subscales was 0.535-0.880;split-half reliability coefficient of total scale was 0.787,and that of subscales 0.339-0.611;retest-reliability coefficient of total scale was 0.401,and that of subscales 0.302-0.668.The correlation coefficients of total scale scores and each factor were 0.445-0.786 (P0.01),and the correlation coefficients ranged from 0.110 to 0.679 between the factors (P0.01).According to the results of confirmatory factor analysis,the sample data fitted better to the hypothesized structure of five factors (willpower,family support,self-confidence,problem solving and interpersonal communication),and the indexes of Chi-Square,root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA),root mean square residual (RMR),Tucker-Lewis index (TLI),comparative fit index (CFI),incremental fit index (IFI) and goodness of fit index (GFI) were 1663.997,0.054,0.021,0.921,0.931,0.931 and 0.922,respectively.ConclusionThe mental resilience scale for military personnel has good reliability and validity and can be extensively applied to the militaries.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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