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Prince-Embury, S. (2007, 2006). Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents: A Profile of Personal Strengths. San Antonio,TX: Harcourt Assessment, Inc.
The Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents: A Profile of Personal Strengths (Resiliency Scales; Prince-Embury, 2007) provides a quick and easy individually or group administered self-report of personal strengths and vulnerabilities in children and adolescents. The Resiliency Scales comprise the following three scales: (a) Sense of Mastery Scale (MAS)-measures youths' self-perceptions of their skills and competence, (b) Sense of Relatedness Scale (REL)-examines youths' perceived quality of their relationships, and (c) Emotional Reactivity Scale (REA)-assesses how well youth feel about being able to control their emotions. These scales are based on developmental theory and resiliency research to offer high-quality assessment of several personal qualities that are critical for the resilient functioning of youth. Scores from the three scales, as well as the subscales, can be plotted to create an overall resiliency profile that clearly displays youths' strengths and weaknesses.
The Resiliency Scales expand on the Resiliency Scales for Adolescents (PrinceEmbury, 2006) by extending the norms downward to now include children aged 9 to 18 who have a third-grade or better reading level. This is an important change, given that the earlier the characteristics of resilient individuals can be identified, the more quickly and intensely interventions, which promote resilient functioning, can occur. The Resiliency Scales also include two new indexes: the Resource Index (RES), which identifies the individual's self-perceived strengths, and the Vulnerability Index (VUL), which determines the inconsistency between the individual's emotional reactivity and his or her strengths. Because the Resiliency Scales take less than 5 min per scale to complete, they can be used as part of a larger, in-depth assessment battery and results can aid in diagnosis and treatment. These scales fill the gap in the assessment of resilience in children and youth by providing a flexible, quick, and treatment-focused tool for clinicians and practitioners.
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Many youths grow up with the challenges of ongoing adversity, which can threaten various areas of psychological development. However, a large number of these youths are successful despite these challenges. Much research has focused on the process of resilience or the capacity for individuals to overcome extreme adversity and to show positive adaptation in the face...