A Three-Perspective Study on Resilience Assessment of Primary School Students

Authors

  • Ying Kang

    Teachers College of Beijing Union University, Beijing 100011, China
  • Shu Mou

    Teachers College of Beijing Union University, Beijing 100011, China
  • Shixiang Liu

    Teachers College of Beijing Union University, Beijing 100011, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jpr.v7i2.8337
10 December 2024 | Revised: 20 January 2025 | Accepted: 31 January 2025 | Published Online: 21 April 2025

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to comprehensively assess the psychological resilience of primary school students, using a multi-angle measurement method. Firstly, data were collected through open-ended questionnaire survey, and then a simplified psychological resilience scale was developed based on the results of factor analysis, which included three different assessment perspectives: student self-assessment, parent evaluation and teacher evaluation. This study further tested the internal consistency reliability and structural validity of these scales, and constructed a multi-perspective measurement model (MTMM) to comprehensively assess the mental resilience of primary school students. The results show that the scale has high reliability and validity in different evaluation angles, and the MTMM model has a good fit. This study not only verified the rationality of the mental resilience table of primary school students, but also revealed the possible methodological deviations of different evaluation angles, thus emphasizing the necessity of multi-angle evaluation in the evaluation of mental resilience.

Keywords:

Primary School Students; Resilience; Internal Consistency Reliability; MTMM Model

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Kang, Y., Mou, S., & Liu, S. (2025). A Three-Perspective Study on Resilience Assessment of Primary School Students. Journal of Psychological Research, 7(2), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.30564/jpr.v7i2.8337

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Vol. 7 , Iss. 2 (April 2025)

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