eng Science and Education Publishing Research in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences 2333-438X 2016-04-14 4 1 15 18 10.12691/rpbs-4-1-3 RPBS2016413 article Pedro Belo pedrobelo@estescoimbra.pt 1 Ricardo Pocinho 1 Jose Rodrigues 2 Coimbra Health School, Coimbra, Portugal Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique, Oporto, Portugal The BCRS is a measurement tool that measures resilience with satisfactory levels of reliability and validity. In this research, a sample of 314 participants (volunteers) was tested. The participants were divided into two groups: young and older adults. Results showed a Cronbach's alpha of the BRCS scale for both young and older adults of 0.67 and 0.76, respectively. The primary analyses performed to assess the psychometric characteristics of the scale showed good reliability of the Spanish translation for older adults and unsatisfactory for young people, with analogous Cronbach's alpha values than the obtained by the original instrument. http://pubs.sciepub.com/rpbs/4/1/3/rpbs-4-1-3.pdf brief resilient coping scale resilience multigroup analysis young adult old adults