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Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to validate a French-Canadian version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 10; Campbell-Sills & Stein, 2007; Hébert et al., 2018) with a population of mothers of children who are victims of sexual abuse. Method: A sample of 361 mothers were recruited from various intervention centers in Quebec specializing in sexual abuse. The participants completed the CD-RISC 10, as well as a questionnaire measuring psychological distress, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and a sense of empowerment to assess the links between these measures and the CD-RISC 10. Results: The results of a confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a unifactorial structure explaining 62.49% of the variance, and the reliability index values reflected good internal consistency (α = .86; H = .90; ω = .89). As expected, the scores on the resilience scale were negatively correlated with those on the post-traumatic stress symptom scale (r = -0.24, p < .01), psychological distress scale (r = -0.34, p < .01), and positively correlated with the measure of empowerment (r = .30, p < .01). Implications: The CD-RISC 10 is a suitable and quick tool that adequately assesses resilience in this clinical population.