title: The Korean version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: an extended validation.
abstract: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is a brief self-rating questionnaire for measuring resilience. The aims of the present study were to describe the development of a Korean version of the CD-RISC (K-CD-RISC) and to more firmly establish its psychometric properties in terms of reliability and validity. The participants consisted of a general population sample (n=194) and psychiatric outpatients (n=127) with non-psychotic mood or anxiety disorders. The K-CD-RISC score means (standard deviation) were 65.9 (13.6) in the general population and 50.4 (20.5) in the psychiatric outpatients. The mean score of the general population was significantly higher than that of the psychiatric outpatients. Exploratory factor analysis revealed five factors, and the obtained factor structure was verified through confirmatory factor analysis. In the general population, the Cronbach's α coefficient of the K-CD-RISC was found to be 0.92. Greater resilience was found to be associated with less perceived stress, anxiety and depression and with higher levels of positive affect and purpose in life. Taken together, our findings suggest that the K-CD-RISC has good psychometric properties and is a valid and reliable tool for assessing resilience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
authors.forename: Young-Eun
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Jung-Ah
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: A Young
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Su Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Kyoung-Uk
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tae-Suk
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joo-Eon
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sam-Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung-Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyeong Sook
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Young Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jong-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Soo-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Bhang
authors.forename: Eun-Ho
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Won
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong Jin
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jeong-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chae
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D056910:Republic of Korea; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires