Reliability and validity of resilience scale for adults(RSA) in military students

Objective To research the reliability and validity of resilience scale for adults(RSA)in military students.Methods RSA, depression, anxiety and somatization of Self-report Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90)were applied in this survey to 616 military students.Results ①A 5-factor structure of resilience was showed by explorative factor analysis.Each item had a factor loading between 0.423～0.834, and the total variance explained at 58.439%.②The correlations between the subscales of the RSA were all obvious positive, ranging from 0.228～0.580；and the correlations between subscales of the RSA and total resilience were all obvious positive, ranging from 0.565～0.789.③There was a obvious negative correlation between total depression, anxiety and somatization and total resilience, the correlation coefficient was-0.437(n=593, P=0.000).④Tbe reliability coefficient of the RSA was 0.91, and the respective dimensions had Cronbach's alphas between 0.52～0.86.Conclusion The results show that RSA has acceptable reliability and validity in military students. Key words: Resilience scale for adults(RSA); Reliability; Validity; Military students