Desarrollo de una escala de medición de la resiliencia con mexicanos (RESI-M)

people who live through adverse situations may experience serious consequences in their psychological development. however there is evidence that show that many individuals have not only been able to overcome such difficulties but have emerged stronger from them. these people we may call resilient. resilience is not a dimensional or a dichotomous attribute that individuals have or have not; it implies the possession of multiple habilities in some level that help individual to cope (reivich & shatté, 2002). the object of the current study has been to develop a scale with mexican population (mexican resilience scale resi-m) the use of two scales which may be used to measure resilience in adults. the connor- davidson resilience scale (cd-risc, 1999) and the resilience scale for adults (rsa - friborg, hjemdal, rosenvinge, & martinussen, (001)). the research included 217 adults between the ages 17 to 25 of both sexes. the results showed that of the 43 recognized items, five factors have been formed. (1) strength and confidence in theirselves: personal competition, high standards and determination. it is the conviction that one is sufficiently prepared to be able to face any situation that appears even if unforeseen. it is the conviction that, although not all the answers might be known, one can look for them and find them. it refers to the set of positive expectations on oneself or more specific oneself actions, as well as to the aptitude to accept or to cope with events in spite of the stress that they may inflict with it. (2) social competence: capacity or ability of the subject to interact in a successful way with his environment and to achieve the legitimate satisfaction of his needs, upon exercising determined influence on his similar (in the sense of to be taken into account), is a quality very related to the health, the emotional adjustment and the welfare of the individuals. (3) family support: it refers to the time that the members of the family share, the loyal