The development and evaluation of psychometric properties of the Economic-Psychological Resilience Scale (EPRS)

The present study aimed to develop the Economic-Psychological Resilience Scale (EPRS) and evaluate its psychometric properties. To this end, a descriptive research method was used. The research population included all Kerman employed citizens in 2019. For this purpose, the items related to individual economic resilience were developed using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Then, after preliminary reviews and content validation by experts in the field of economics and psychology, the scale was piloted on a sample of 30 individuals, and the final version of the scale was constructed. The Resilience Scale, the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire, and the Economic-Psychological Resilience Scale (EPRS) were administered to a sample of 384 persons who were selected using convenient sampling from different regions.

The results of the exploratory factor analysis of the developed scale showed the three-factor model consisted of three factors including problem analysis, self-efficacy, adaptability, and flexibility. AMOS software was used to confirm the construct validity of the model, and the results showed the appropriate fit of the second-order one-factor model. The analysis of the reliability and validity indexes of the scale shows that the scale has acceptable reliability and validity.

Given the acceptable reliability and validity indices of this scale, it can be used in related research areas.