Clinical trial NCT03538145: Psychometric Evaluation of the Traditional Chinese Version of Resilience Scale-14
Official title: Psychometric Evaluation of the Traditional Chinese Version of Resilience Scale-14 and the Assessment of the Resilience Level of Hong Kong Adolescents
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Resilience of Hong Kong Adolescents
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-05-25
Enrollment: 2900
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Maximum age (years): 13
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Form 1 students (Grade 7, 12 to 13 years of age) from six secondary schools across three major districts (Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories) will be randomly selected and invited to participate in the proposed study.

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed description: 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Form 1 students (Grade 7, 12 to 13 years of age) from six secondary schools

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those with chronic illnesses or identified cognitive or learning problems will be excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Resilience level
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of depressive symptoms
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Levels of self-esteem
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: The University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Hong Kong
name: Oi Kwan Joyce Chung, Dr
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Chung JOK, Lam KKW, Ho KY, Cheung AT, Ho LK, Xei VW, Gibson F, Li WHC. Psychometric evaluation of the traditional Chinese version of the resilience Scale-14 and assessment of resilience in Hong Kong adolescents. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2020 Feb 19;18(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s12955-020-01285-4.