Skip to main content
. 2021 Oct 22;25(1):4–37. doi: 10.1111/hex.13374

Table 4.

Description of resilience measures included in the review

Scale Author(s) Country of origin and language Target population Number of dimensions (items) Cronbach's α Retained studies that assessed scale reliability (CNC population)

The Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale

Connor and Davidson (2003) 32 USA/English Adults 5 (25)

.89–.93a

.87

Ghaffari et al. (2019) 84 (AD)

The Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (shortened version)

Cambell‐Sills and Stein (2007) 94 USA/English Young adults 1 (10) .85a
The Resilience Scale Wagnild and Young (1993) 37 Australia/English Adults 2 (25)

.91a

.80

.94

Kimura et al. (2019) 87 (YOAD)

Scott (2013) 46 (AD)

The Resilience Scale (shortened version of RS) Neill and Dias (2001) 95

Australia/English

Adults 14–15

.91a

.96

Wilks (2008) 66 (AD)

The Brief Resilience Scale Smith et al. (2008) 36

USA/English

Adults 1 (6)

.80–.91a

.73

.82

.89

Ertl et al. (2019) 63 (PD)

Ledbetter et al. (2020) 67 (SCI)

Tyler et al. (2020) 69 (PD)

The Resilience Scale for Adults Friborg et al. (2003) 96 Norway/Norwegian Adults 5 (36) .67–.90a
The Resilience Scale for Adults Friborg et al. (2005) 97 Norway/Norwegian Adults 6 (33)

.76–.87a

.96

.92

.82

Elnasseh et al. (2016) 62 (dementia)

Pandya (2019) 85 (AD)

Senturk et al. (2018) 59 (dementia)

TBI‐QOL Resilience Short Form Tulsky et al. (2016) 98 USA/English TBI 1 (27) .95a
The Dispositional Resilience Scale Bartone et al. (1989) 99 USA/English Adults 3 (45) .78a
The Brief Resilient Coping Scale Sinclair and Wallston (2004) 100 USA/English Adults with rheumatoid arthritis 1 (4) .69a
Questionnaire of Resilience in Caregivers of Acquired Brain Injury Hayas et al. (2015) 50 Spain/Spanish Family caregivers of persons with ABI 1 (31) .88a Hayas et al. (2015) 50 (ABI)b
The Caregiver Resilience Scale Maneewat et al. (2016) 86 Thailand/Thai Family caregivers of persons with dementia 6 (30)

.87a

.87

Maneewat et al. (2016) 86 , b (dementia)

Pandya (2019) 85 (AD)

Abbreviations: ABI, acquired brain injury; AD, Alzheimer's disease; PD, Parkinson's disease; YOAD, young‐onset Alzheimer's disease.

a

Indicates the α value reported in the original scale development and validation.

b

Indicates original scale validation and article retained within current review.