Measuring Use of Resourcefulness Skills: Psychometric Testing of a New Scale

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for the Resourcefulness Skills Scale and construct validation measures in women family members (𝑁=60).

Validating construct	Mean (St. Dev.)	Possible range	Cronbach’s alpha
Learned resourcefulness	113.85 (18.08)	0–180	.81
Resourcefulness	89.83 (15.10)	0–140	.82
Depressive cognitions	8.37 (6.83)	0–40	.87
Quality of life	18.17 (8.16)	0–36	.91