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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of brief resilience scale items and total score (N = 122)

From: Post-Traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth in firefighters: examining the moderating effects of resilience on occupational safety behaviors

Variable

Mean (SD)

Median (Min-Max)

Item 1: “I tend to bounce back quickly after hard times”

3.82 (0.94)

4.00 (1.00–5.00)

Item 2: “I have a hard time making it through stressful events” (reverse scored)

3.31 (1.22)

3.00 (1.00–5.00)

Item 3: “It does not take me long to recover from a stressful event”

3.46 (1.12)

4.00 (1.00–5.00)

Item 4: “It is hard for me to snap back when something bad happens” (reverse scored)

3.39 (1.06)

3.00 (1.00–5.00)

Item 5: “I usually come through difficult times with little trouble”

3.30 (0.90)

3.00 (1.00–5.00)

Item 6: “I tend to take a long time to get over set-backs in my life” (reverse scored)

3.43 (1.04)

4.00 (1.00–5.00)

Total Score

3.45 (0.65)

3.33 (1.00–5.00)

  1. Note. BRS = Brief Resilience Scale. Scores are interpreted as: 1.00-2.99 = low resilience; 3.00-4.30 = normal resilience; 4.31-5.00 = high resilience [57]