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Developing and Validating the Communication Resilience Processes Scale.
- Source :
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Journal of Communication . Jun2021, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p478-513. 36p. 3 Diagrams, 6 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- According to the communication theory of resilience (CTR; P. M. Buzzanell, 2010), people reintegrate from disruptive events and construct a new normal through five interrelated processes: (a) crafting normalcy; (b) affirming identity anchors; (c) maintaining/using communication networks; (d) constructing alternative logics; and (e) foregrounding productive action while backgrounding negative emotions. Enacting these processes creates tensions between continuity and change. This article develops a Communication Resilience Processes Scale (CRPS) to assess CTR processes in response to a variety of disruptive events. Items were created and refined via a scale development study with feedback from expert raters. Studies 2 and 3 offer initial support for the 32-item CRPS' reliability and convergent, divergent, and predictive validity. Models in which the five CTR processes are subsumed by a single, higher-order resilience factor versus two higher-order interrelated factors (continuity and change) are compared. Future directions for exploring continuity/change tensions and identifying CTR boundary conditions are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219916
- Volume :
- 71
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151688627
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab013