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Resilience Assessment
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How Resilient Are You?

Is your level of resilience within healthy, normal parameters? Taking a resilience assessment can help you discover how resilient you are. Healthy people with a lot of resilience have stress-resistant personalities and learn valuable lessons from rough experiences. Having resilience allows these people to rebound from major setbacks even stronger than before. They would score high on a resilience assessment because their level of resilience allows them to bounce back quickly from major life upheavals.

When hurt or distressed, resilient people expect to find a way to have things turn out well. They feel self-reliant and have a learning/coping reaction rather than the victim/blaming reaction that is so common these days.

Take this assessment created by Albert Siebert, Ph.D., author of The Survivor Personality and a leader of workshops for survivors. Siebert has devoted his career to investigating why some people emerge stronger and better from the kind of adversities that crush others.

For each statement below, choose the answer that best describes you:

Very resilient. Adapt quickly. Good at bouncing back from difficulties.

Almost never
Rarely
Sometimes
Quite often
Most of the time


Optimistic, see difficulties as temporary, expect to overcome them and have things to turn out well.

Almost never
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Quite often
Most of the time


In a crisis I calm myself and focus on taking useful actions.

Almost never
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Most of the time


Good at solving problems logically.

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Quite often
Most of the time


Can think up creative solutions to challenges. Trust intuition.

Almost never
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Most of the time


Playful, find the humor, laugh at self, chuckle.

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Quite often
Most of the time


Curious, ask questions, want to know how things work, experiment.

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Most of the time


Constantly learn from experience and from the experiences of others.

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Most of the time


Very flexible. Feel comfortable with inner complexity (trusting and cautious, unselfish and selfish, optimistic and pessimistic, etc.)

Almost never
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Most of the time


Anticipate problems to avoid them and expect the unexpected.

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Most of the time


Able to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty about situations.

Almost never
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Most of the time


Feel self-confident, enjoy healthy self-esteem, and have an attitude of professionalism about work.

Almost never
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Most of the time


Good listener. Good empathy skills. "Read" people well. Can adapt to various personality styles. Non-judgmental (even with difficult people).

Almost never
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Most of the time


Able to recover emotionally from losses and setbacks. Can express feelings to others, let go of anger, overcome discouragement, and ask for help.

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Most of the time


Very durable, keep on going during tough times. Independent spirit.

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Most of the time


Have been made stronger and better by difficult experiences.

Almost never
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Sometimes
Quite often
Most of the time


Convert misfortune into good fortune. Discover the unexpected benefit.

Almost never
Rarely
Sometimes
Quite often
Most of the time


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