Measuring resilience standardization of the mathematical model

Abstract

ABSTRACT newlineResilience plays an important role in facilitating positive outcomes for individuals newlineduring the experience of adversity(s). Resilience research, however, has faced several newlinedrawbacks due to lack of a definite scientific measurement, exhaustive definition, sample newlineselection, and absence of a norm for objective assessment. Resilience is not an observable newlinephenomenon and cannot be assessed in a straightforward manner. Understanding of any newlinepsychological phenomenon would require standardized measures for quantitative assessment newlineof the construct, as what cannot be measured cannot be studied holistically. A lack of robust newlineresilience-specific measures and the use of non-specific resilience scales has affected the newlineassessment of resilience to a great extent. There is an urgent need for a reliable methodology newlineto explore resilience across the lifespan and development of resilience measures with sound newlinepsychometric properties that are universally accepted. The multidimensionality of resilience is newlineseldom reflected in theoretical models describing it. The Synergy Model of Resilience is one newlinesuch model that expounds resilience as a function of adversities, promotive and protective newlinefactors, and resistance, resulting in positive outcomes such as flourishing and achievement, newlinethereby reflecting the multidimensionality of a complex construct like resilience. The newlinedevelopment and validation of the Resilience Test (REST) Battery based on the Synergy Model newlineof Resilience has broadened the scope of measurement research in resilience. While the REST newlineBattery is a tool that facilitates the integration of various scales that measure the different newlinecomponents of resilience, it is the mathematical model that helps in synthesizing the various newlinecomponents and evolving one resilience index (RI) value. This mathematical model was newlinedeveloped and put to a preliminary test in an earlier study, which successfully tested its newlineapplication on a selected sample and recommended further research to examine and verify newlinewhether the weights evolved from a sample