Wellbeing and resilience
Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
A 6-question scale on how quickly you recover after hard or stressful events.
NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital
Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
- 6 questions
- About 2 minutes
- For adults
These tests are for screening. A result is not a diagnosis: only a psychiatrist or psychologist can make one, after talking with you.
Your answers are scored on this device and never sent. Only your result is saved, with the email address you confirm.
Confirm your email address
Before the test we send a 6-digit code to your email address. Your result is saved with it, so that our team can help you if you wish. The email with the code contains no health information.
Indicate how well each statement describes you by choosing the most suitable option.
Choosing an answer takes you to the next question. You can go back at any time.
Your result
Low resilience
Your answers suggest that recovering after hard times feels difficult for you at the moment. This is not a failing; recent events, tiredness or emotional strain can all weaken resilience. Supportive relationships, a regular daily rhythm and, if needed, working with a psychologist can strengthen your ability to recover.
Normal resilience
Your answers suggest that you recover after stressful events much as most people do. Keeping up the people and habits that support you in hard times helps you hold on to this strength.
High resilience
Your answers suggest that you usually recover quickly and with relatively little distress after hard times. Everyone goes through difficult periods, though, and asking for support during one is part of being resilient too.
Total score
out of 30
Take your result as a rough guide, not a diagnosis. How you feel over time, and a conversation with a specialist, tell much more than a questionnaire.
Talk it through with a specialist
If your result worries you, or you would like to talk it through, our psychiatrists can review it with you, free and without obligation.
Smith BW, Dalen J, Wiggins K, Tooley E, Christopher P, Bernard J (2008). Turkish adaptation: Doğan T (2015).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.
About this test
Resilience is the ability to recover and get back to your usual self after difficulties and stressful events. This scale has 6 items and takes about 2 minutes. Scores range from 6 to 30, and a higher score means greater resilience. The result is not a diagnosis; resilience can grow over time and with support.
Score ranges of this test
| 6–17 | Low resilience |
| 18–25 | Normal resilience |
| 26–30 | High resilience |
Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) · Smith BW, Dalen J, Wiggins K, Tooley E, Christopher P, Bernard J (2008). Turkish adaptation: Doğan T (2015).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.