PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE PERSIAN VERSION OF "CONNER-DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE" IN ADOLESCENTS WITH CANCER

Cancer as a chronic and life-threatening diseases needs a strong resilience
capacity. Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions on promoting resilience in adolescents with
cancer requires appropriate tools to measure this concept. This study is conducted to evaluate
psychometric properties of the Persian version of "Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale" in adolescents
with cancer.
Materials & Methods: This study is a methodological research to evaluate the psychometric properties
of the Persian version of "Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale" (CD-RISC) in adolescents with cancer
who attended in clinics and oncology wards in Children's Medical Center of Tehran, clinics and
oncology wards in hospitals of Urmia, Children's Medical Center of Tabriz and the Cancer Research
Center of Isfahan. Content validity index based on the opinions of 10 experts, was calculated. Construct
validity (confirmatory factor analysis), was composed in sample of 200 adolescents with cancer and
Cronbach's alpha and correlation coefficients were calculated between the two tests within 3 weeks.
Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 and AMOS version 21.
Results: Assessment of Content validity about the scale with no changes in the number and content of
the statement was not performed. The confirmatory factor analysis by removing items 2 "is at least one
of my close associations with him in times of stress (stress) to help me," five-factor model of the scale
was confirmed. Internal consistency for "Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale" α=0/82 and for each of the
subscales including Personal competence and self-sufficiency (α =0/75), tolerance of negative effect and
strengthening effects to stress (α =0/72), positive acceptance of change (α =0/74), Self -control (α =0/73)
and Spiritual influences (α =0/75) were calculated. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the two
test results r =0/404 (p<0/05) was calculated
Conclusion: The Persian version of "Connor - Davidson Resilience Scale" with 24 items and 5 subscales
in adolescents with cancer, was confirmed in the study of resilience in adolescents with cancer and can
be used to evaluate Resilience in Iranian adolescents with cancer