Factor analysis and psychometric evaluation of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) with chinese people

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-30

  Yu, Xiaonan ^a,b   Zhang, Jianxin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese version of connor and davidson's resilience scale; Culture; Factor structure; Optimism; Psychometric properties; Resilience; Strength; Tenacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847706464     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.1.19     Document Type: Article

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