Description

The Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) is a social-ecological measure designed to assess the resources available to children and youth that support their resilience. Grounded in a definition of resilience as both the capacity to access and negotiate for resources in meaningful ways, the CYRM evaluates protective factors across personal, relational, and contextual domains. In this repository, the CYRM-R is available in two versions: a 17-item version and a shortened 6-item version, both consisting of positively worded items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. It has been widely used internationally and validated through Rasch analysis. The measure provides an overall resilience score and two subscale scores (personal resilience and caregiver/relational resilience), helping researchers and practitioners understand strengths and gaps in individuals’ support systems and environments.

AI/AN Communities where the measure has been used

Southwest tribal communities

Demographics of AI/AN participants where the scale has been used

Adult caregivers with children ages 5-18

Notes on adaptations or modifications

  1. In the Measurement Repository, the 17-item CYRM includes two sets of questions. The first set of questions is for caregivers of children between age 5-9, and the second set of questions is for caregivers of children age 10 and older. In this version of the CYRM, items were adapted to be a caregiver’s report on their child (instead of youth self-report). Items were adapted per the user manual (please refer to simplified questions in user manual). Additionally, minor wording changes were made to a few items.
  2. The Measurement Repository also includes a 6-item adaptation of the CYRM (named “Youth Resilience”), with minor language revisions made to selected items to improve clarity and descriptiveness. This version includes both a caregiver report on child, and child self-report version.

Modality and administration

Caregiver report on child and/or youth self-report; this measure is administered using paper and pencil, REDCAP mobile app, or an online REDCap link sent to the participant.

Scoring

All items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale: 1 = Not at all, 2 = A little, 3 = Somewhat, 4 = Quite a bit, 5 = A lot. For the 6-item and 17-item versions, scores for each item are summed to yield a total resilience score. There are no reverse-coded items, and all items are equally weighted. For the unmodified 17-item version, the total score ranges from 17 to 85, with higher scores indicating greater resilience.

Psychometric evidence

Jefferies et al. (2018)

Reliability analysis demonstrated a Cronbach’s alpha of .82 for a subscale.
Person-Separation Index (PSI): .74 reported

Citation(s)

Original Citation:

Example use Citation:

    • Amirsardari, M., Fathizadeh, S., Tavousi, M., Garmaroudi, G., & Montazeri, A. (2016). Psychometric Properties of International Children and Youth Resilience Measurement (CYRM-28) Scale. Health Education and Health Promotion, 4(1), 15–26. http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/article-5-5447-en.html