Psychometric Assessment of the Malay Version of the 14-Item Resilience Scale (RS-14) in Women With Breast Cancer

Hashim, Che; Taib, Nur Aishah; Yoon, Hwan-Jin; Larkin, David; Yip, Desmond; Lopez, Violeta

Psychometric Assessment of the Malay Version of the 14-Item Resilience Scale (RS-14) in Women With Breast Cancer

Date

2021

Authors

Hashim, Che

Taib, Nur Aishah

Yoon, Hwan-Jin

Larkin, David

Yip, Desmond

Lopez, Violeta

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Abstract

Background and purpose: There are a lack of documentation on psychometric assessments on the Malay version of 14-item Resilience scale (RS-14) in Malaysia. This study was to empirically assess its reliability and validity. Method: A prospective test-retest design was employed on Malaysian women with early breast cancer (N = 105). Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24. Results: The results showed overall Cronbach alpha values were .92 and .93 for test-retest, respectively. ICC values ranged between .62 and .75. This study accepted three factors and two factors for test-retest, respectively. Individual factors showed Cronbach alpha average ranged from .71 to .91. Conclusion: The Malay version RS-14 tool was found to be statistically valid, reliable, and reproducible. It was able to measure resilience level in those women under study.