Resilience in Context: A brief and culturally grounded measure for Syrian refugee and Jordanian host-community adolescents
An Arabic version of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) was developed and tested in Jordan
Abstract
Validated measures are needed for assessing resilience in conflict settings. An Arabic version of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) was developed and tested in Jordan. Following qualitative work, surveys were implemented with male/female, refugee/nonrefugee samples (N = 603, 11鈥�18 years). Confirmatory factor analyses tested three鈥恌actor structures for 28鈥� and 12鈥恑tem CYRMs and measurement equivalence across groups. CYRM鈥�12 showed measurement reliability and face, content, construct (comparative fit index = .92鈥�.98), and convergent validity. Gender鈥恉ifferentiated item loadings reflected resource access and social responsibilities. Resilience scores were inversely associated with mental health symptoms, and for Syrian refugees were unrelated to lifetime trauma exposure. In assessing individual, family, and community鈥恖evel dimensions of resilience, the CYRM is a useful measure for research and practice with refugee and host鈥恈ommunity youth.
This research was supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme
Citation
Panter鈥怋rick, C., Hadfield, K., Dajani, R., Eggerman, M., Ager, A. and Ungar, M. (2018), Resilience in Context: A Brief and Culturally Grounded Measure for Syrian Refugee and Jordanian Host鈥怌ommunity Adolescents. Child Dev, 89: 1803-1820. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12868