the psychometric properties of the persian version of the child and youth resilience measure (cyrm-12)

Background: resilience is a dynamic system for successful adjustment with various circumstances, particularly adverse living conditions. in this respect, the child and youth resilience measure (cyrm-12) can simultaneously assess the individual, relational, contextual, and cultural resources of resilience. objectives: the present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the persian version of cyrm-12 in iranian youth. methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total number of 440 students aged 14 - 18 years were enrolled. the students were studying in middle and high schools (the academic year of 2019 - 2020) in the city of islamshahr, iran, and were selected using random cluster sampling. data collection questionnaires included the cyrm-12, cyrm-28, warwick-edinburgh mental well-being scale (wemwbs), and depression, anxiety, and stress scale (dass-21). results: our results supported the one-factor structure and showed that the given measure had a good fit (χ 2/df = 2.63, rmsea = 0.06, cfi = 0.95, and gfi = 0.95). the internal consistency measured by cronbach’s alpha coefficient was also satisfactory (0.79). as well, the test-retest reliability determined by pearson’s correlation coefficient (with a two-week interval) was obtained 0.70. moreover, this scale had acceptable convergent and divergent validities. conclusions: the persian version of the cyrm-12 delivered good reliability and validity to assess resilience in iranian youth.