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This study investigated the psychometric properties of Arabic translations of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) and the 8- and 10-item Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF). Researchers collected data from 387 Lebanese adults using a web-based questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated an acceptable one-factor model fit and supported configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender for all three scales. The scales also demonstrated good internal consistency. Additionally, higher resilience and post-traumatic growth were significantly associated with greater cognitive reappraisal and lower emotion suppression, supporting their convergent validity. The findings preliminarily suggest these Arabic instruments are appropriate for use in Lebanese community adults.
Validated tools for measuring resilience and post-traumatic growth are crucial for understanding how individuals cope with stress and trauma. These scales can help clinicians and researchers in Arab contexts identify those who need support and monitor the effectiveness of interventions, improving mental health outcomes.
These validated Arabic scales offer tools for clinical and research practice. They could be used by mental health professionals to assess resilience and post-traumatic growth in Lebanese adults, identify individuals requiring intervention, and monitor therapeutic progress. This is early-stage application, with a preliminary suggestion for use in a specific population, and further cross-cultural validation is recommended for broader applicability.
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BACKGROUND: Given their clinical significance and impact on stress response and their potential malleability, resilience and posttraumatic growth (PTG) should receive greater attention as relevant constructs in clinical and research practice in the Arab context. We aimed through the present study to test the psychometric properties of Arabic translations of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC-10), the 10-item and the 8-item Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF) in a sample of Lebanese adults from the general population. METHODS: Three hundred eighty-seven Arabic-speaking participants (mean age = 26.17; 58.4% females) responded to a self-report web-based questionnaire. The forward and backward translation method was applied with the approval of the original developers of the scales. RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that fit of the one-factor model was acceptable, and all indices suggested that configural, metric, and scalar invariance was supported across gender for all the three scales. The CD-RISC-10, the 10-item and the 8-item PTGI-SF yielded a good internal consistency, with a McDonald's ω of .89, .95, and .93, respectively. Higher resilience and higher PTG were significantly and positively associated with greater cognitive reappraisal and lower emotion suppression, supporting convergent validity. CONCLUSION: We preliminarily suggest that these Arabic instruments are appropriate for use in Lebanese community adults to assess different positive responses after life crises, identify people with lack or low levels of resilience and growth who might need intervention, and monitor their response to therapy. Further cross-cultural validations should seek to extend their use in broader Arabic-speaking populations and settings.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293079
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