title: Resilience in family caregivers of persons with acquired brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors' purpose was to develop the Questionnaire of Resilience in Caregivers of Acquired Brain Injury (QRC-ABI) and explore its psychometric properties The QRC-ABI was developed to measure the process of resilience, including resilient factors that, according to the literature, are the most relevant for caregivers.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study of Spanish primary caregivers of individuals with ABI. It included 237 caregivers (77.6% women and 21.1% men) who completed the QRC-ABI, the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (Weiss & Berger, 2006), the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (Skevington, Lotfy, O'Connell, & the WHOQOL Group, 2004) assessment, and the Positive Aspects of Caregiving (Tarlow et al., 2004) assessment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An item pool of 36 items was developed, from which 17 were finally selected based on a consensus among researchers and adequate symmetry indexes and kurtoses. Confirmatory factor analysis of the QRC-ABI confirmed a hierarchical solution in which 4 resilience dimensions were explained by a broader general resilience factor. The internal consistency of each scale was >.80. Convergent validity was supported through positive correlations of the QRC-ABI with quality of life, positive aspects of caregiving, and posttraumatic growth, and a negative correlation with perceived burden.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new QRC-ABI showed good reliability and validity. Our results are consistent with previous studies that have argued that resilient qualities are important for a healthy and positive adaptation to the challenging adversities faced by caregivers of individuals with ABI. Future interventions based on resilience should promote these factors in caregivers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, University of Deusto.
authors.forename: Carlota
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Las Hayas
authors.affiliation: Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, University of Deusto.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López de Arroyabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, University of Deusto.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calvete
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires