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Factor Structure of the Resilience Scale-14:Insights from an Indian Sample


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1 Department of Management Studies, Graphic Era University, Dehradun 248002, Uttarakhand, India
2 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
     

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The Resilience Scale-14 (RS-14) is a well known tool used to measure resilience. The background literature reveals a significant gap with respect to its factor structure when used with non-treatment seeking working population of developing countries especially India. In an answer to these identified gaps, the present paper investigates the factor structure properties of RS-14 with a sample of employees working in Indian manufacturing firms (n=240). Responses to RS-14 were subjected to principal components factor analysis using SPSS 17.0 with direct oblimin rotation. The analysis yielded four factors in contrast to the original one strong underlying factor suggested by Wagnild (2009). The study also indicates that RS-14 may have the same factor structure as that of its longer version The Resilience Scale (RS). The study provides the first evidence on the factor structure of RS-14 in a sample of Indian working population.
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Happy Paul
Department of Management Studies, Graphic Era University, Dehradun 248002, Uttarakhand, India
Pooja Garg
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract


The Resilience Scale-14 (RS-14) is a well known tool used to measure resilience. The background literature reveals a significant gap with respect to its factor structure when used with non-treatment seeking working population of developing countries especially India. In an answer to these identified gaps, the present paper investigates the factor structure properties of RS-14 with a sample of employees working in Indian manufacturing firms (n=240). Responses to RS-14 were subjected to principal components factor analysis using SPSS 17.0 with direct oblimin rotation. The analysis yielded four factors in contrast to the original one strong underlying factor suggested by Wagnild (2009). The study also indicates that RS-14 may have the same factor structure as that of its longer version The Resilience Scale (RS). The study provides the first evidence on the factor structure of RS-14 in a sample of Indian working population.