Ding, H. orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-7796, Callaghan, P., Gu, Q. et al. (1 more author) (2024) Validation of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-R) in rural contexts in South Africa. Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health. ISSN 1728-0583
Abstract
Introduction: Resilience is central to young children’s healthy and happy development. The Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-R) has been widely used in several countries. However, its construct validity among young children in rural South Africa has not been examined. We investigated the construct structure of the CYRM-R for foundation-phase learners (i.e., grades R/0-3) in rural primary schools in South Africa.
Methods: The CYRM-R was translated into the local language Setswana and tested on 1 088 learners attending 10 schools in socioeconomically disadvantaged rural communities in the North West province. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to validate the CYRM-R scale and examine its construct structure.
Results: Our findings suggested a two-factor (i.e., personal resilience, caregiver resilience) structure of the CYRM-R with some items removed or reclassified as preferable or relative to other examined solutions. CFA results showed that the optimal model represents a good fit to the data (RMSEA = 0.037, CFI = 0.929, TFI = 0.915), explaining 83.4% of the variance.
Conclusion: The Setswana version of the CYRM-R is a reliable and valid measure of resilience in young children in a rural South African context and can be used to assess resilience in young children in Setswana-speaking populations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Child & Adolescent Health, made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | CYRM-R; primary schools; resilience; rural South Africa; socioeconomic disadvantage; young children |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Medical Education |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2024 09:55 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2025 08:19 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.2989/17280583.2024.2438368 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220211 |