title: The 10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: Factorial Structure, Reliability, Validity, and Correlates Among Student Nurses in Southwestern Nigeria.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) has demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties as a measure of resilience in all the previous studies conducted in developed countries.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to explore the psychometric characteristics of the 10-item CD-RISC among students nurses in southwestern Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive cross-sectional study involved a total of 449 student nurses who completed the 10-item CD-RISC in addition to measures of self-esteem, depression, religiosity, and psychological distress.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scale demonstrated adequate reliability (Cronbach's α = .81) and satisfactory validity with significant correlations with the measures of self-esteem, depression, religiosity, and psychological distress. Factor analyses revealed that resilience was best explained by a two-factor construct.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scale is a valid measure of resilience among Nigerian student nurses.
authors.affiliation: Olutayo Aloba, FWACPsych, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria alobatee2002@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Olutayo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aloba
authors.affiliation: Oluseyi Olabisi, BNSc, Federal School of Nursing Sciences, Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Oluseyi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olabisi
authors.affiliation: Tolulope Aloba, BNSc, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Tolulope
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aloba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D011594:Psychometrics; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: 10-item Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale; CD-RISC; Nigerian student nurses; factor analysis; reliability; validity