Protocol - Psychological Resilience

Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements

Requirement Category	Required
Major equipment	No
Specialized training	No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection	No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual	No

Mode of Administration

Self-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adolescent, Adult, Senior

Participants

Adults age 18 and older

Selection Rationale

The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) is a validated, widely used measure of resilience that uses as few items as necessary to accurately assess resilience. Among similar protocols, the BRS is the only measure that specifically assesses resilience in its original and most basic meaning: to bounce back or recover from stress.

Language

English, Other languages available at source

Standards

Standard	Name	ID	Source
caDSR Form	PhenX PX251401 - Psychological Resilience	6873472	caDSR Form

Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)

Source

Brief Resilience Scale (BRS).

Smith, B. W., Dalen, J., Wiggins, K., Tooley, E., Christopher, P., & Bernard, J. (2008). The brief resilience scale: Assessing the ability to bounce back. International journal of behavioral medicine, 15(3), 194-200.

General References

Charney, D. S. (2004). Psychobiological mechanisms of resilience and vulnerability: Implications for successful adaptation to extreme stress. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 195-216.

Masten, A. S. (2001). Ordinary magic: Resilience processes in development. American Psychologist, 56, 227-238

Smith, B. W., Epstein, E. E., Oritz, J. A., Christopher, P. K., & Tooley, E. M. (2013). The Foundations of resilience: What are the critical resources for bouncing back from stress? In S. Prince-Embury & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), Resilience in children, adolescents, and adults: Translating research into practice (pp. 167-187). New York: Springer.

Windle, G., Bennett, K. M., & Noyes, J. (2011). A methodological review of resilience measurement scales. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 9, 8.

Protocol ID

251401

Variables

Export Variables

Variable Name	Variable ID	Variable Description	dbGaP Mapping
PX251401_Psychological_Resilience_Bounce_Back
	PX251401010000	I tend to bounce back quickly after hard times	N/A
PX251401_Psychological_Resilience_Difficult_Times_Little_Trouble
	PX251401050000	I usually come through difficult times with more little trouble show less	N/A
PX251401_Psychological_Resilience_Long_Time_Set_Backs
	PX251401060000	I tend to take a long time to get over more set-backs in my life show less	N/A
PX251401_Psychological_Resilience_Recover_Stressful_Event
	PX251401030000	It does not take me long to recover from a more stressful event show less	N/A
PX251401_Psychological_Resilience_Snap_Back_Bad_Happens
	PX251401040000	It is hard for me to snap back when more something bad happens show less	N/A
PX251401_Psychological_Resilience_Stressful_Events
	PX251401020000	I have a hard time making it through more stressful events show less	N/A

Geriatrics

Measure Name

Resilience

Release Date

July 2, 2018

Definition

A self-administered questionnaire to assess the ability to bounce back or recover from stress.

Purpose

An individual's ability to bounce back or recover from stress is key to being able to deal with life's challenges.

Keywords

Stressful events, difficult times, setback, adaptation, recovery, bounce back, Brief Resilience Scale, BRS, gerontology, aging

Measure Protocols

Protocol ID	Protocol Name
251401	Psychological Resilience

Publications

Moore, T. M., et al. (2020) Development of a scale battery for rapid assessment of risk and resilience. Psychiatry Research. 2020 June; 288: 10. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112996