Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students

University students face various challenges that can generatehigh levels of stress, which may have negative consequences for theirhealth as well as their academic performance. Resilience plays a key role instudents' ability to cope with and overcome the difficulties of this educa-tional stage....

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Autores: Hidalgo-Fuentes, Sergio, Martínez-Álvarez, Isabel, Llamas-Salguero, Fátima, Pineda-Zelaya, Iris Suyapa
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2026
País:España
Recursos:Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)
Repositório:udiMundus. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
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Palavra-chave:Psychometric properties
Higher education
Resilience
Validity
Reliability
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spelling Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University StudentsHidalgo-Fuentes, SergioMartínez-Álvarez, IsabelLlamas-Salguero, FátimaPineda-Zelaya, Iris SuyapaPsychometric propertiesHigher educationResilienceValidityReliabilityUniversity students face various challenges that can generatehigh levels of stress, which may have negative consequences for theirhealth as well as their academic performance. Resilience plays a key role instudents' ability to cope with and overcome the difficulties of this educa-tional stage. One of the most common means of assessing resilience is theBrief Resilience Scale (BRS). This study examined the psychometric prop-erties of the BRS among a sample of Honduran university students. Thesample comprised 791 students (Mage = 26.29 years, SD = 8.02). The relia-bility, construct validity, and concurrent and divergent validity of the BRSwere evaluated. Moreover, measurement invariance by sex, floor effects,and ceiling effects were analyzed. Exploratory and confirmatory factoranalyses supported the two-factor structure of the BRS, and the results ex-hibited acceptable reliability indices. Measurement invariance was observedbetween men and women. This study provides preliminary evidence of theSpanish version of the BRS being a reliable and valid instrument withwhich to assess resilience among university students in Honduras.2025-26Departamento de Magisterio de Educación PrimariaFacultad de Ciencias de la Educación(GI-24/1) Impacto psicológico y educativo de las nuevas tecnologías (PSICO-EDU-TEC)2026info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12226/3173reponame:udiMundus. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad a Distancia de Madridinstname:Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)Españolhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:udimundus.udima.es:20.500.12226/31732026-06-02T12:44:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
title Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
spellingShingle Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
Hidalgo-Fuentes, Sergio
Psychometric properties
Higher education
Resilience
Validity
Reliability
title_short Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
title_full Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
title_fullStr Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
title_sort Psychometric Properties of the Brief Resilience Scale in Honduran University Students
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hidalgo-Fuentes, Sergio
Martínez-Álvarez, Isabel
Llamas-Salguero, Fátima
Pineda-Zelaya, Iris Suyapa
author Hidalgo-Fuentes, Sergio
author_facet Hidalgo-Fuentes, Sergio
Martínez-Álvarez, Isabel
Llamas-Salguero, Fátima
Pineda-Zelaya, Iris Suyapa
author_role author
author2 Martínez-Álvarez, Isabel
Llamas-Salguero, Fátima
Pineda-Zelaya, Iris Suyapa
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psychometric properties
Higher education
Resilience
Validity
Reliability
topic Psychometric properties
Higher education
Resilience
Validity
Reliability
description University students face various challenges that can generatehigh levels of stress, which may have negative consequences for theirhealth as well as their academic performance. Resilience plays a key role instudents' ability to cope with and overcome the difficulties of this educa-tional stage. One of the most common means of assessing resilience is theBrief Resilience Scale (BRS). This study examined the psychometric prop-erties of the BRS among a sample of Honduran university students. Thesample comprised 791 students (Mage = 26.29 years, SD = 8.02). The relia-bility, construct validity, and concurrent and divergent validity of the BRSwere evaluated. Moreover, measurement invariance by sex, floor effects,and ceiling effects were analyzed. Exploratory and confirmatory factoranalyses supported the two-factor structure of the BRS, and the results ex-hibited acceptable reliability indices. Measurement invariance was observedbetween men and women. This study provides preliminary evidence of theSpanish version of the BRS being a reliable and valid instrument withwhich to assess resilience among university students in Honduras.
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Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación
(GI-24/1) Impacto psicológico y educativo de las nuevas tecnologías (PSICO-EDU-TEC)
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