Brief Resilience Scale – resilience self-check
Six statements on the ability to bounce back from stress. Three items are reverse-scored; the result is a mean from 1.00 to 5.00.
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The Brief Resilience Scale by Smith and colleagues measures resilience in its original sense: the ability to bounce back from stress – not optimism, toughness or endurance. Six statements are answered on a five-point agreement scale, three of them reverse-worded. The mean of all six items gives a value between 1.00 and 5.00; below 3.00 counts as low and above 4.30 as high. Those reverse items make the scale a good example of careful scoring: without correct reversal the results are systematically wrong.
When should you use this template?
This template is a great fit for:
- As a self-check in health and leadership programmes
- To prepare for a coaching or counselling conversation
- As a repeated measure before and after a demanding period
Every question in this template
- 1Consent
I understand that participation is voluntary and anonymous, and I take part. *
- 2Matrix
How much do you agree with the following statements? *
Please answer spontaneously – there are no right or wrong answers.
Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree I tend to bounce back quickly after hard times. I have a hard time making it through stressful events. It does not take me long to recover from a stressful event. It is hard for me to snap back when something bad happens. I usually come through difficult times with little trouble.
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Frequently asked questions
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