Research Article

Resilience in Iranian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychometric Evaluation of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 33 , issue 1-3 , 2021 , pages: 111–122

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2023.2274339

Author(s): Hamid Sharif-Nia Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran , Long She Sunway University, Malaysia , Erika Sivarajan Froelicher University of California San Francisco, USA , Gökmen Arslan Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey , Sima Hejazi North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Iran , Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran , Daniyal Kohestani Iran University of Medical Science, Iran , Elham Akhlaghi Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Keywords: resilience , adolescence , questionnaire , Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale , reliability and validity , Iran

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Abstract

Background: Resilience is a measure of the ability to cope with stress and the accurate measurement of it is critical. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in Iranian adolescents during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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