Resilience of Hong Kong Adolescents Clinical Trial
Official title:
Psychometric Evaluation of the Traditional Chinese Version of Resilience Scale-14 and the Assessment of the Resilience Level of Hong Kong Adolescents
This study will aim to translate the original RS-14 (English version) into traditional Chinese. It will then test the psychometric properties of the newly translated RS-14 to examine its factorial structure using both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and CFA.
Mental health problems in adolescents reflect a global problem that is becoming more
prevalent in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, there is a significant change in family structure to
small nuclear families. Children receive more attention and may even be overprotected by
parents. Also, parents' great expectations for high academic achievement also contribute to
the increase in mental health problems among adolescents in Hong Kong. The Polytechnic
University and the Christian Family Service Centre conducted a mental health survey study of
12,518 Form 1 to Form 7 pupils from 2011 to 2014. Of the respondents, 62.1% demonstrated
slight to very serious depression symptoms. Evidence has shown that depressive symptoms
predict suicidal tendencies among adolescents.
Resilience effectively prevents the development of mental health problems and is associated
with positive mental health outcomes in adolescents. Assessing resilience in adolescents is
therefore crucial for developing a thorough understanding of their responses to stress and
adversity. The literature reports various instruments used to assess resilience, such as the
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the Resilience Scale (RS). And translated
version of RS-14 is also developed because of linguistic and cultural differences.
The proposed study will aim to translate the original RS-14 (English version) into
traditional Chinese. It will then test the psychometric properties of the newly translated
RS-14 to examine its factorial structure using both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and
CFA. Furthermore, using the newly validated RS-14, a survey will be conducted to assess the
resilience level of a large sample group of Hong Kong Chinese adolescents.
;