Resilience can protect you from the negative effects of stress. The following statements describe how you may think, feel, or act during and after the most stressful events in life. Please indicate how well each of these statements describes you during and after life’s most stressful events.
(Exactly Like Me) 4 3 2 1 0 (Not at All Like Me)
During and after life’s most stressful events, I tend to …
1. …take action to fix things. ____
2. …not give up trying to solve problems I think I can solve. ____
3. …find a way to do what’s necessary to carry on. ____
4. …pray or meditate. ____
5. …face my fears. ____
6. …find opportunity for growth. ____
7. …calm and comfort myself. ____
8. …try to “recharge” myself before I have to face the next challenge. ____
9. …see it as a challenge that will make me better. ____
10. …look at the problem in a number of ways. ____
11. …look for creative solutions to the problem. ____
12. …put things in perspective and realize I will have times of joy and times of sadness. ____
13. …be good at determining which situations are changeable and which are not. ____
14. …find meaning from the experience. ____
15. …find strength in the meaning, purpose, or mission of my life. ____
16. …know I will bounce back. ____
17. …expect that I can handle it. ____
18. …learn important and useful life lessons. ____
19. …understand that bad things can happen to anyone, not just me. ____
20. …lean on my faith in God or a higher power. ____
21. …draw upon lessons learned from failures and past mistakes. ____
22. …practice ways to handle it better next time. ____
Total: ________
Total = 71 – 88 More Resilience
Total = 50 – 70 Moderate Resilience
Total = 0 – 49 Less Resilience
