ITALIAN VALIDATION OF THE BRIEF RESILIENCE SCALE

Resilience is commonly conceptualized as the capacity to recover from adversity.However, most resilience measures focus on factors that facilitate resilience rather than the recovery process itself.The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) uniquely assesses the ability to bounce back from stress.This study aimed to translate the BRS into Italian and examine the psychometric properties of the translated version.The psychometric properties of the Italian version of BRS were examined through three studies.The first study demonstrated the unidimensional structure of BRS, using confirmatory factor analysis.Furthermore, gender invariance was ensured.The second study further strengthened the validity of the BRS through a concurrent validity analysis, correlating the Brief Resilience Scale with specific dimensions of resilience such as self-confidence and self-control.The third study demonstrated the stability of the BRS over time and the capacity to predict life satisfaction and well-being.The Italian version of the BRS is a reliable and valid measure to assess resilience as the ability to bounce back.