Looking for a short resilience questionnaire

Hi Leslie,

There is a resilience survey following the ACE survey here: http://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/

And an alternative resilience survey is available here: http://www.centerforresilientc...nt/uploads/DARS1.pdf

with additional info at: http://www.centerforresilientchildren.org/adults/

Thank you Alicia!

And as a high ACE scoring adult let me testify that the center for resiliency one is great. Honestly, I wouldn't have even categorized things they way they did under initiative and self-control (where I wasn't as strong) as beliefs and relationships (which I was really strong). It was a great way of looking differently at things and surprised/informed me and would be good for conversation.

It also doesn't bring up angst / shame feelings like the one on aces too high can for many of us - so - just throwing that two cents in as well.

Cissy

Thank you  Cissy!

There also some information here: http://www.reachinginreachingo...ources-guidebook.htm

And you can download the Devereaux Adult Resilience Survey here. It's also pretty good, but doesn't include self-care such as adequate exercise, adequate sleep, good nutrition, meditation.

The resilience questionnaire at the end of Got Your ACE Score? is being used by the Children's Clinic, along with the ACE survey (10 questions plus four). You can find it attached to this story, as well as a PPT that Dr. RJ Gillespie put together that has some information about the relationship between resilience & ACE scores.

Thanks everyone not only for your responses and resources which are great but also for being so responsive!  What a great community.  I will probably use the Devereaux tool for our purposes.  We are planning to do an exercise with a work group in Philadelphia that is working on creating compelling messages about ACEs. We are going to test out one strategy of "making the private public" using ACE and resilience scores.  I'll keep you posted.

Leslie

At the AVA conference in San Diego, I asked RJ Gilespie why they chose the Got your Ace Score "Resilience" Questions.  He said to the audience "Because it was free."  

These are the questions:  

RESILIENCE Questionnaire

Please circle the most accurate answer under each statement:

1.  I believe that my mother loved me when I was little.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

2.  I believe that my father loved me when I was little.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

3.  When I was little, other people helped my mother and father take care of me and they seemed to love me.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

4.   I’ve heard that when I was an infant someone in my family enjoyed playing with me, and I enjoyed it, too.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

5.  When I was a child, there were relatives in my family who made me feel better if I was sad or worried.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

6.   When I was a child, neighbors or my friends’ parents seemed to like me.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

7.  When I was a child, teachers, coaches, youth leaders or ministers were there to help me.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

8.  Someone in my family cared about how I was doing in school.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

9.  My family, neighbors and friends talked often about making our lives better.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

10.  We had rules in our house and were expected to keep them.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

11. When I felt really bad, I could almost always find someone I trusted to talk to.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

12.  As a youth, people noticed that I was capable and could get things done.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

13.  I was independent and a go-getter.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

14.  I believed that life is what you make it.

Definitely true         Probably true         Not sure         Probably Not True        Definitely Not True

It makes a lot of sense to me that they are finding that as the ACE score goes up, then numbers of "Definitely Not True" on this questionnaire goes up.  This is because if one had a caring mother, father, relatives and neighbors, school teachers etc.... one would be "protected" from ACEs just as a serious mother grizzly bear protects her cubs.   

Maybe the Oregon Group should consider evaluating another "resilience" scale, Especially since they are screening mothers of 4 month old infants.  At this age there is quite the risk for Post-Pardem Depression which is what my clinic screened for at 4 months.   But anyway, for someone who has a new infant, maybe some depressed mood and then a high ACE score -- to have to think that nope my mom, dad, neighbors, teachers, other family members etc did not love me or protect me (that's hard) so I'm not resilient (well as I consider this, that makes sense), I just don't think this is what I would ever be going over with a new mother.... I believe asking the ACE questionnaire and educating about the effects of toxic stress exposure in a non-judgemental manner is a better approach.  It makes me really concerned to ask these questions of a new mother.  A mother may not respond negatively immediately but these are factors that can touch at the very core of one's serious trauma exposure, not having a loving, protective parent in your life when you were a child, and reflecting on the fact while now you are a new mother.   This is very concerning to me.  

I would rather use something that can help parents in the here and now learn about actions they can do to be empowered to engage in self care which is very helpful for anyone caring for a new infant (these questions are dis-empowering - there is no way an adult can go back and change the past that they never had control of anyway) .   

Thanks Tina

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Looking forward to your updates on the project Leslie!

Hi Leslie and Liz,

I'm developing a free, online and open source ACE screening tool well-suited for both embedding into websites of all types as well as for doing screening in person (and with nice PDF-reports being output by it).

It's supposed to be multi-lingual as well, supporting the screening of people of different ethnicities as well.

If it has any interest, I would love to talk to you guys about your requirements as I'm in the initial development phase and need all the ping-pong I can get. :-)

Best,

Thomas