Turkish adaptation of the resilience scale for nurses: A validity and reliability study

Background: The psychological resilience of nursing students is often measured with scales developed for the general public. However, the Resilience Scale for Nurses is an updated scale developed using concept analysis based on the findings of in-depth interviews with nurses. Objectives: This study aimed to adapt the Resilience Scale for Nurses into Turkish and test its validity and reliability in a study group of nursing students. Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional, methodological design. Setting: A faculty of nurses in a state university in Western Turkey. Participants: A total of 422 nursing students participated in the first stage, and 100 nursing students participated in the second stage of the study. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test construct validity, and Pearson correlations between the Resilience Scale for Nurses and several self-report measures were used to test convergent validity. Internal reliability was assessed with an alpha coefficient. Test-retest reliability was tested with the Pearson correlation between these two measures. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a construct with four factors (dispositional, relational, situational, and philosophical patterns) showed an acceptable model fit. Students' scores on the Resilience Scale for Nurses showed significant positive correlations with other psychological resilience scale scores and a negative correlation with perceived stress scores. The alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.93. A significant positive correlation was found between the test and retest scores of the scale (r = 0.72, p < 0.001). Conclusion: It was concluded that the Turkish version of the Resilience Scale for Nurses showed good construct validity, convergent validity, internal reliability and test-retest reliability. It is recommended that the psychological resilience of nursing students and nurses be measured with a scale developed specifically for nursing instead of scales that are developed for the general public.