16 Resilience description

This is the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) (Smith et al. 2008). It is an 6-item measure scored on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 = “Strongly disagree” to 4 = “Strongly agree”.

Qualtrics scores the measure internally, so you can merge the score variables into your own data set. Scores range from 0-24.

16.1 Example items

I tend to bounce back quickly after hard times

I have a hard time making it through stressful events (RC)

16.2 Variable Names

  • Total combined score = SC0

References

Smith, Bruce W, Jeanne Dalen, Kathryn Wiggins, Erin Tooley, Paulette Christopher, and Jennifer Bernard. 2008. “The Brief Resilience Scale: Assessing the Ability to Bounce Back.” International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 15: 194–200.