Exploring the Construct Validity of the Two Versions of the Resilience Scale in an Portuguese Adolescent Sample

Table 2: The Factor Structure of the Portuguese Resilience Scale Short Form for Adolescence (RS13)

Item Number	Portuguese item (English item)	Factor loading
15	Mantenho-me interessado/a nas coisas (I keep interested in things)	.821
10	Sou determinado/a (I am determined)	.784
17	A confiança em mim próprio/a ajuda-me a lidar com tempos difíceis (My belief in myself gets me through hard times)	.780
7	Normalmente faço as coisas conforme elas vão surgindo (I usually take things in stride)	.777
6	Sinto-me orgulhoso/a por ter alcançado objectivos na minha vida (I feel proud that I have accomplished things in life)	.764
8	Sou amigo/a de mim próprio/a (I am friends with myself)	.755
2	Eu normalmente acabo por conseguir alcançar os meus objectivos (I usually manage one way or another)	.743
14	Tenho autodisciplina (I have self-discipline)	.705
23	Quando estou numa situação difícil, normalmente consigo encontrar uma solução (When I'm in a difficult situation, I can usually find my way out of it)	.698
21	A minha vida tem sentido (My life has meaning)	.682
16	Geralmente consigo encontrar algo que me faça rir (I can usually find something to laugh about)	.677
9	Sinto que consigo lidar com várias coisas ao mesmo tempo (I feel that I can handle many things at a time)	.667
18	Numa emergência, sou alguém com quem geralmente as pessoas podem contar (In an emergency, I'm someone people can generally rely on)	.600

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