Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) Test

Understand how a student handles academic stress and setbacks in about 6 minutes. Get a fast, 30 item snapshot of thinking, feelings, and coping habits to pinpoint strengths and support needs.

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October 2, 2025

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How the Scales are Structured

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20/35

Emotional Response (ER)

Assesses how well a student manages anxiety, catastrophizing, and other negative emotions in challenging academic situations.

Lower emotional resilience

Moderate emotional resilience

Higher emotional resilience

7 – 19: Lower emotional resilience | 20 – 31: Moderate emotional resilience | 32 – 35: Higher emotional resilience

A score of 20 suggests a moderate level of emotional resilience, with generally manageable negative reactions that may still intensify under academic pressure.

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29/45

Reflection (R)

Measures the ability to reflect on academic challenges, adjust learning strategies, and seek help adaptively when needed.

Low

Moderate

High

9 – 27: Low | 28 – 39: Moderate | 40 – 45: High

A score of 29 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting generally adequate reflection and help-seeking with some room to strengthen consistent strategy adjustment under pressure.

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37/70

Perseverance (P)

Measures the tendency to keep working toward academic goals despite setbacks and to use feedback to improve performance.

Low

Moderate

High

14 – 47: Low | 48 – 63: Moderate | 64 – 70: High

A score of 37 falls in the Low range, suggesting persistence may drop under academic difficulty and feedback may be used less consistently to sustain progress.

example score

77/150

Academic Resilience (AR)

Measures overall academic resilience, reflecting how effectively a student maintains motivation and adapts cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally when facing academic setbacks.

Lower resilience

Moderate resilience

Higher resilience

30 – 99: Lower resilience | 100 – 129: Moderate resilience | 130 – 150: Higher resilience

A score of 77 falls in the Lower resilience range, suggesting the student may have more difficulty sustaining motivation and using adaptive strategies when academic pressure or setbacks occur.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Stressed university students

41%OF USERS

Students who feel overwhelmed by exams, deadlines, or heavy course loads take it to see how they cope with setbacks and where they can improve.

Academic support staff

34%OF USERS

Psychologists, tutors, and student support teams use it to quickly spot who may need targeted help with motivation, stress, or study strategies.

First-year and transfer students

25%OF USERS

Students adjusting to a new academic environment take it to understand their resilience during transition-related pressure and challenges.

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Emotional response (Er)

Average

27.2

Normal range

23.2 — 31.3

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Reflection (R)

Average

31.9

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26.3 — 37.5

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Persistence (P)

Average

29.4

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22.2 — 36.5

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Academic Resilience Scale (ARS)

Average

79.8

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64.3 — 95.3

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150

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It assesses responses to academic setbacks and study-related stress. It focuses on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral strategies that may support persistence and performance.

How is the questionnaire completed?

Items describe challenging academic situations and ask for the most typical response. Responses should reflect usual behavior rather than an ideal response.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Completion time is about 6 minutes. The questionnaire includes 30 items.

How are results interpreted?

Scores summarize the tendency to use more adaptive versus less adaptive responses under academic pressure. Subscores indicate whether difficulties are more cognitive, emotional, or behavioral.

What is the intended use of the results?

Results can support screening and targeted support in educational settings. They may help identify students who may benefit from additional guidance from an instructor, counselor, or psychologist.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) Test

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This measure is designed to assess how students respond to academic setbacks and performance-related stress. The Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) captures patterns of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responding that may be more adaptive or less adaptive in the face of academic challenge.

The instrument consists of 30 items and typically takes about 6 minutes to complete. Results can be used to describe a student’s resilience-related response profile and to inform supportive planning in educational or counseling contexts, particularly when academic pressures and motivational difficulties are present.

The Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) was originally developed by Cassidy (2016). Interpretation should be integrated with other clinical or educational information and used with appropriate attention to context and response validity.

Author: ann-s-masten, martin-e-p-seligman

Literature: Martin, A. J., & Marsh, H. W. Academic resilience and its psychological and educational correlates: A construct validity approach. Psychology in the Schools. 2006.; Cassidy, S. The academic resilience scale (ARS-30): A new multidimensional construct measure. Frontiers in Psychology. 2016.

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