Dissertation
Assessing the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale on a sample of mental health counselors
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Spring 2021
DOI: 10.17077/etd.006046
Abstract
There are very few instruments that have been validated on mental health counselors, and by extension, those that identify as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual (LGB). It is well-established that the need for valid and reliable measures is necessary to assess mental health counselors' functioning as they provide services to people with mental illness. This study's purpose was to bridge this gap by providing a comprehensive assessment of the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) on a sample of mental health counselors. The study utilized a quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational research design to examine the CD-RISC's factorial validity. Five hundred thirty-two participants recruited from the United States as the selected geographical location completed the survey containing the measure. Data was analyzed using principal and exploratory procedures to examine the CD-RISC's factor structure. The researcher tested hypotheses by investigating structure coefficient, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. The results demonstrated that a four-factor model possessed better reliability when compared to the five-factor model used in Connor & Davidson (2003). Furthermore, a shorter version of the CD-RISC (21 items) was more reliable than the original 25-item CD-RISC.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assessing the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale on a sample of mental health counselors
- Creators
- Treye Rosenberger
- Contributors
- John S Wadsworth (Advisor)Catherine Welch (Committee Member)Leslie Margolin (Committee Member)Gerta Bardhoshi (Committee Member)David Duys (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Rehabilitation and Counselor Education
- Date degree season
- Spring 2021
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.006046
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- xiii, 86 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2021 Treye Rosenberger
- Language
- English
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-78).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
There are very few instruments that have been validated on mental health counselors, and by extension, those that identify as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual (LGB). It is well-established that the need for valid and reliable measures is necessary to assess mental health counselors' functioning as they provide services to people with mental illness. This study's purpose was to bridge this gap by providing a comprehensive assessment of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) on mental health counselors. This was done to determine if this instrument would be appropriate to measure mental health counselor resilience. The study utilized statistical procedures to look at the strength of the questions' relationships and groups of questions within the measure. Five hundred thirty-two mental health counselors completed an online survey, which held the measure. The results demonstrated that a shorter version of the CD-RISC (21 items) was found to be more reliable than the original 25-item CD-RISC when using it on the sample of mental health counselors.
- Academic Unit
- Counselor Education
- Record Identifier
- 9984097277302771
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