Assessment Tools
1. Personal/Individual resilience “How to Measure Resilience with These 8 Resilience Scales”
Ackerman (2020) provides eight scales that can be used to assess personal resilience. Three scales that are listed in this article have been shown to be valid measures. The article can be found at https://positivepsychology.com/3-resilience-scales/
Three tools from this article are shared below:
a. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). This scale was originally developed by Connor- Davidson (Connor & Davidson, 2003) as a self-report measure of resilience within the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) clinical community. It is a validated and widely recognized scale. More about this scale can be found at https://positivepsychology.com/connor-davidson-brief-resilience-scale/ b. Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA). This highly rated (Windle et al., 2011) resilience scale, was authored (Friborg et al., 2003) as a self-report scale targeting adults. The scale has five scoring items that examine the intrapersonal and interpersonal protective factors that promote adaptation to adversity. c. Brief Resilience Scale – this is a self- rating questionnaire aimed at measuring an individuals’ ability to “bounce back from stress.” This instrument (Smith et al., 2008) has not been used in the clinical population; however, it could provide some key insights for individuals with health-related stress.
2. Family Resilience Assessment Scale
A scale was developed for a dissertation that can be used to measure family resilience (Sixbey, 2005). The scale has been subsequently referenced as part of other research projects. The scale is based on the work of a variety of family resilience researchers, including Walsh, cited in the reference list of this guide, who has been studying family resilience for multiple decades. Information is located at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0012882/00001. Extension and research professionals could work together to develop self-assessment tools for Extension audiences.
4. Community Resilience Assessment
In 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine published a report on building and measuring community resilience. They found multiple assessment tools. We have included three.
a. Baseline Resilience Indicators of Communities (BRIC)
BRIC is a 49-item index that measures six categories of resilience: social, economic, community capital, institutional, infrastructural, and environmental. Data from 2015 are available by counties in the United States: http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/geog/hvri/bric-2015-state-maps
b. Community Assessment of Resilience Tool (CART)
This survey can be conducted within communities, in-person, via telephone or mail, and online. The 21 core community resilience items, combined with demographics of participants and questions
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