The Resilience Scale

Summaries of Instruments for analyzing personal & group change in psycho-social intervention & training programs, e.g., outdoor education


Please circle a number indicating how much you

agree or disagree with each statement.

1 Strongly Disagree ....7. Strongly Agree

1. When I make plans I follow through with them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

2. I usually manage one way or another.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3. I am able to depend on myself more than anyone else.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4. Keeping interested in things is important to me.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

5. I can be on my own if I have to.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6. I feel proud that I have accomplished things in my life.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7. I usually take things in my stride.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8. I am friends with myself.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

9. I feel that I can handle many things at a time.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10. I am determined.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

11. I seldom wonder what the point of it all is.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
12. I take things one day at a time.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

13. I can get through difficult times because I’ve experienced difficulty before.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

14. I have self-discipline.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

15. I keep interested in things.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

16. I can usually find something to laugh about.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

17. My belief in myself gets me through hard times.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

18. In an emergency, I’m somebody people generally can rely on.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

19. I can usually look at a situation in a number of ways.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

20. Sometimes I make myself do things whether I want to or not.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

21. My life has meaning.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

22. I do not dwell on things that I can’t do anything about.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
23. When I am in a difficult situation, I can usually find my way out of it.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
24. I have enough energy to do what I have to do.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

25. It’s okay if there are people who don’t like me.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7