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Family Resilience Assessment Scale, Revised II (FRAS-RII) Test

Understand how your family copes with stress, adapts to change, and stays connected in about 8 minutes. Get clear, actionable insight into strengths and support needs to guide counseling or care.

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Questions: 408 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

20/30

Family Spirituality (FS)

Assesses the extent to which family members share values, meanings, and moral beliefs that support cohesion and resilience.

Low

Moderate

High

6 – 18: Low | 19 – 27: Moderate | 28 – 30: High

A score of 20 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting some shared values and meanings are present, though they may be inconsistently held or less central in day-to-day family life.

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20/30

Social Resources (SR)

Assesses how well a family accesses and uses external support to integrate difficult events and view their reactions as normal.

Limited social resources

Adequate social resources

Strong social resources

6 – 18: Limited social resources | 19 – 27: Adequate social resources | 28 – 30: Strong social resources

A score of 20 falls in the Adequate social resources range, suggesting the family generally has support available and can make use of external resources when needed.

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19/25

Acceptance and Flexibility (AaF)

Measures how well the family balances mutual support with openness to differences and adaptability during challenges.

Low

Moderate

High

5 – 15: Low | 16 – 23: Moderate | 24 – 25: High

A score of 19 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting generally workable acceptance and flexibility with some situations where tolerance or adaptability may be harder to sustain.

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34/40

Positive Outlook and Problem Solving (POaPS)

Measures the family’s optimism and ability to collaborate on practical problem-solving when facing challenges.

Low

Moderate

High

8 – 25: Low | 26 – 38: Moderate | 39 – 40: High

A score of 34 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting generally effective problem-solving and a positive outlook, with some room to strengthen consistency under stress.

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40/75

Family Communication And Connectedness (FCAC)

This scale measures how clearly and openly family members communicate, stay emotionally connected, and work together to acknowledge and resolve problems.

Low

High

15 – 49: Low | 50 – 75: High

A score of 40 falls in the Low range, suggesting relatively limited cohesion and less consistent open communication when addressing family concerns.

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80/200

Family Resilience (FR)

Family Viability measures how well a family mobilizes resources to cope with difficulties, stay cohesive, and adapt to change.

Low viability

Moderate viability

High viability

40 – 132: Low viability | 133 – 183: Moderate viability | 184 – 200: High viability

A score of 80 falls in the Low viability range, suggesting the family may have fewer accessible coping resources and may find adaptation during stress more challenging at this time.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Parents in stressful times

41%OF USERS

Parents take it when the family is going through conflict, loss, financial strain, or other changes and they want a clear picture of how well everyone is coping together.

Couples building family stability

34%OF USERS

Partners use it to understand their strengths and weak spots in communication, shared values, and flexibility before problems become crises.

Helping professionals and students

25%OF USERS

Therapists, counselors, social workers, and psychology students use it to structure an assessment and decide which family resources need strengthening.

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.

Spirituality of the Family (SotF)

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Normal range

7.9 — 16.1

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Social resources (Sr)

Average

13.7

Normal range

9.4 — 18.1

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Acceptance and Flexibility (AaF)

Average

11.5

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7.8 — 15.2

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Positive outlook and problem-solving (Poap)

Average

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26 — 34.1

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Family Communication and Cohesion (FCaC)

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45.1

Normal range

35.5 — 54.7

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Family Viability (FV)

Average

127.8

Normal range

107.4 — 148.3

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200

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Family Resilience Assessment Scale, Revised II (FRAS-RII) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This instrument is designed to assess perceived family resilience processes in the context of stress, change, and adversity. The Family Resilience Assessment Scale, Revised II (FRAS-RII) provides a structured self-report snapshot of how family members view the family’s adaptive functioning.

The measure includes 40 items and typically takes about 8 minutes to complete. It is commonly used to support clinical formulation and treatment planning in family-focused assessment, counseling, and related applied settings.

Content is intended to capture key domains such as collaborative problem-solving, flexibility and recovery following stressors, communication and meaning-making, and shared values or beliefs. When interpreted by a qualified professional, the Family Resilience Assessment Scale, Revised II (FRAS-RII) can help identify strengths as well as areas that may benefit from intervention; it should be considered in conjunction with clinical interview data and other relevant measures.

Author: Froma Walsh.

Author: Froma Walsh

Literature: Walsh, F. Strengthening family resilience. Guilford Press. 2016.; Sixbey, M. T. Development of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale to identify family resilience constructs. University of Florida. 2005.