title: Psychometric properties of the child and youth resilience measure (CYRM-28) among samples of French Canadian youth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Explore the psychometric properties of the French Canadian version of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28, Resilience Research Center, 2009; Ungar et al., 2008) in youth samples.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two investigations were conducted. Participants in Study 1 were 589 youth (60% female) in grades 10-12 from 2 urban public high schools. Participants in Study 2 were 246 youth (48% female) from a rural public high school, 28% 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Université de Montréal, Department of Psychology, Case Postale 6128, Succursale Center-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Daigneault
authors.forename: Jacinthe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hébert
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McDuff
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Collin-Vézina
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult