Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)

The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) is a versatile tool applicable in a range of contexts pertaining to physical and mental health. General practitioners, psychologists, psychiatrists and experts in behavioral medicine may all benefit from using the BRS template with their patients.

The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) is a new brief resilience scale that measures someone's ability to bounce back or recover from stressful events or traumas. It is distinct from other resilience scales as it only detects individual differences in resilience capacity, not situational factors that promote resilience.

The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) is used to flag individuals who may be more vulnerable to psychological decline during stressful periods or less equipped to cope with traumatic events. Higher scores indicate greater resilience. High BRS scores are negatively related to anxiety, depression, negative affect, and physical symptoms.