RSCA (Resiliency Scales for Children & Adolescents: A Profile of Personal Strengths)
Developer: Prince-Embury | Year: 2007.0
Overview
Resiliency Scales for Children & Adolescents™ A Profile of Personal Strengths (RSCA) is a tool to profile personal strengths, as well as vulnerability in teens and children.
Key Details
Grade Level
Assessment Type
Domains Assessed
Respondent
Method
Cost
Fee for Service and Materials
Time per Student
5 mins
Items
64.0
Item Format
Likert
Approach
Protective
Populations
The normative sample consisted of 100 males and 100 females, 15 to 18 years old, and was stratified to match the U.S. 2002 census by ethnicity, parent education level, and region (Prince-Embury, 2006).
Scoring
Overall Scores
Mastery; Relatedness; Emotional Reactivity
Subscale Scores
Optimism
Self-efficacy
Adaptability
Trust
Support
Comfort
Tolerance
Sensitivity
Recovery
Impairment
Scoring Procedures
Online
Interpretive Information
T-Scores; Scaled Scores. Norms are representative of the U.S. population within gender by ethnicity and parent education level for children ages 9-18.
Psychometric Properties
Reliability
Internal consistency for the Sense of Mastery scale was excellent, with an alpha of .95 for youth aged 15 to 18. The test–retest reliability coefficient for the Sense of Mastery scale was .86 for youth aged 15 to 18.Internal consistency was excellent for the Sense of Relatedness scale (.95 for youth aged 15 to 18). Test–retest reliability coefficients were good (.86 for youth aged 15 to 18). Internal consistency for the Emotional Reactivity scale was excellent, with an alpha coefficient of .94 for youth aged 15 to 18. The test–retest reliability coefficient was .88 for youth aged 15 to 18.
Validity
All differences between RSCA and BYI-II mean scores for nonclinical and clinical groups are significant in the predicted direction (see Table 2). The nonclinical group scored higher on Sense of Mastery,Sense of Relatedness,and the Resource Index. The clinical sample scored higher on Emotional Reactivity, Vulnerability, and all four BYI-II scores. There was a strong positive correlation between the Vulnerability Index score and the Emotional Reactivity score and all BYI-II scores of negative affect and behavior. Similarly, high positive correlations were found between the Emotional Reactivity score and scores on all BYI-II scores: .65 (Anxiety), .67 (Disruptive Behavior), .74 (Depression),and .76 (Anger).
References
Primary Citation
Prince-Embury, S. (2007). Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents: A profile of personal strengths. San Antonio, TX: Harcourt Assessment, Inc.
Additional Citations
Prince-Embury, S. (2013). The resiliency scales for children and adolescents: Constructs, research and clinical application. In S. Goldstein & R. B. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of resilience in children (2nd ed., pp. 273–289). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3661-4_16