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Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15) Test

Understand how well you stay steady and adapt under stress in about 3 minutes. Get fast, practical insight to spot strengths and target growth in resilience and self-control.

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Questions: 153 minutes

08:30

October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

11/20

Commitment (C)

Engagement measures how interested and involved a person tends to be in life events and how meaningful they perceive them to be.

Low engagement

Moderate engagement

High engagement

0 – 6: Low engagement | 7 – 13: Moderate engagement | 14 – 20: High engagement

A score of 11 suggests a moderate level of engagement, indicating a generally present and interested approach to life events with some variability in sustained involvement or meaning-making.

example score

15/20

Risk Acceptance (RA)

Measures willingness to view change and new situations as opportunities and to engage with challenges rather than avoid them.

Cautious

Balanced

Risk-seeking

0 – 7: Cautious | 8 – 14: Balanced | 15 – 20: Risk-seeking

A score of 15 falls in the Risk-seeking range, suggesting an above-average openness to new experiences and a tendency to approach change as a challenge.

example score

15/20

Control (C)

Control measures the extent to which a person believes they can influence and manage events in their life, especially under stress.

Low control

Moderate control

High control

0 – 8: Low control | 9 – 14: Moderate control | 15 – 20: High control

A score of 15 indicates high perceived control, suggesting you generally feel able to take responsibility and influence outcomes even in challenging situations.

example score

20/60

Dispositional Resilience (Hardiness) (DR)

Measures overall psychological hardiness, reflecting resilience to stress, perceived control, and the ability to maintain inner balance under pressure.

Low hardiness

Moderate hardiness

High hardiness

0 – 20: Low hardiness | 21 – 40: Moderate hardiness | 41 – 60: High hardiness

A score of 20 falls in the Low hardiness range, suggesting limited stress-buffering resources and a greater likelihood of strain when facing sustained challenges.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Employees in high-stress roles

41%OF USERS

People in demanding jobs take it to see how well they stay calm, flexible, and in control under pressure.

Counseling and coaching clients

34%OF USERS

Individuals in therapy or coaching use it to understand their stress coping strengths and what to develop next.

Teams and training groups

25%OF USERS

Groups take it to map resilience differences across members and guide support or development plans.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Engagement (E)

Average

8.5

Normal range

6 — 10.9

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Taking a Risk (TaR)

Average

8.4

Normal range

6 — 10.9

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Control (C)

Average

10.1

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7.1 — 13.1

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Dispositional Stability Scale (DSS)

Average

Normal range

23.6 — 38.4

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always

These are 3 of the 15 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15) Test - Symptoms and Signs

stress resistance

resilience

This measure is used to assess dispositional resilience, a trait-like capacity to remain engaged and adaptive under stress and life demands. The Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15) provides a brief, structured snapshot of resilience-related attitudes that may inform clinical formulation or research questions. It is commonly considered in contexts where coping, adaptation, and stress tolerance are clinically relevant.

The instrument, authored by Deborah M. Khoshaba, consists of 15 items and typically requires about 3 minutes to complete. The Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15) may help identify relative strengths and areas for support, and results should be interpreted in conjunction with clinical history, current functioning, and other assessment data rather than used as a stand-alone diagnostic indicator.

Author: Deborah M. Khoshaba, Salvatore R. Maddi

Literature: M. B. Luthar, D. Cicchetti, B. Becker. The construct of resilience: A critical evaluation and guidelines for future work. Child Development. 2000.; Bartone, P. T. A short hardiness scale. In J. P. Forgas, R. Baumeister, D. Tice (Eds.), Psychology of self-regulation: Cognitive, affective, and motivational processes. Psychology Press. 2009.