Psychometric properties of the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS-30) in a Mexican adolescent context

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18566/infpsic.v24n1a014

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Gutiérrez-Cervantes, J. C., & Vera Noriega, J. Ángel. (2024). Psychometric properties of the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS-30) in a Mexican adolescent context. Informes Psicológicos, 24(1), 215-231. https://doi.org/10.18566/infpsic.v24n1a014

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Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Cervantes, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, México

Magíster en Investigación Psicológica

José Ángel Vera Noriega, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, México

Doctor en Psicología

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Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Cervantes
Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, México
José Ángel Vera Noriega
Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, México

Abstract

Objective. The present methodological research aimed to validate the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS-30) in a sample of Mexican adolescents through the analysis of its psychometric properties. Methodology. The validation was carried out with a non-random sample of 365 students from Higher Secondary Education Institutions in the north and south of the State of Sonora, Mexico; the participation percentages were 37 % males (n = 135) and 63 % females (n = 230), with an age range between 14 and 18 years (M = 15.88; SD = 0.796). Results. Exploratory factor analysis yielded two models, a bifactor model of positive academic resilience (fourteen items) and a unidimensional model of negative academic resilience (six items). Goodness-of-fit indices showed adequate Rasch, confirmatory factor analysis and invariance scores. Conclusions. The two-model solution of the ARS-30 is found to be valid and reliable for the measurement of academic resilience in Mexican adolescent students.

Keywords:
Academic resilience, Adolescents, High school, Psychometric properties, Mexico

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