Resilience Self-evaluation (survey)

Survey: Resilience - Self evaluation

Research shows that people who believe confidently in their abilities are more consistent in overcoming challenges, less susceptible to anxiety disorders and depression and more successful in education and professional life. Through resilience training, people can gain important skills like stress management, resource-seeking, flexibility and the ability to face the future in a positive way. Training helps them to extend their ability to take action, see themselves as self-efficient and realize their personal and professional ambitions. This survey provides an overview for the individual on factors effecting the way he/she is coping with current situation. It asks the question “How resilient are you”?

Source: Resilience – a key skill for education and job (Erasmus project).
www.resilience-project.eu

Learning outcomes

At the end of the survey participants will be able to:

Explore factors effecting their current situation regarding resilience
Identify categories to work on for increasing resilience

About the survey

The self-evaluation questionnaire consists of 21 questions – 3 for each of the seven categories or areas of development in the selection box (see project website).

The seven categories are:

perception
getting a grip of one’s life
forming relationships
acceptance and optimistic thinking (confidence in future)
orientation on solution and aims
healthy lifestyle
self-efficacy

Instructions

The self-evaluation can be conducted in different ways:

Participants in adult education can use it during resilience training for self-evaluation. You can give it to your group in all stages of the training: as an introduction to the topic, in combination with one or more exercises or at the end of the course. It has also proved to be useful as an evaluation tool by using it at the start of a course and again at the end (status before and after the training).
Trainers can ask their participants to fill in the questionnaire at the beginning of a training session to find out more about the group’s specific needs and select exercises accordingly.
In coaching, it can be used as a process-related instrument. Each statement is an important component of resilience that can be treated individually.
To give you an idea of where you stand at the moment, we recommend taking the self-evaluation test yourself before giving it to your participants, clients or patients.

Messages to participants: If you discover you have a need for development or training in one of the categories, you can find exercises for this specific focus area in the selection box on the project website: http://www.resilience-project.eu/index.php?id=4&L=10

The survey (and other useful tools linked to increasing resilience) can be found on the project website: http://www.resilience-project.eu/uploads/media/self_evaluation_en.pdf