A Comprehensive Resiliency Framework: Theoretical Model, Treatment, and Evaluation

Abstract

Background: There is heterogeneity in conceptualizations of resiliency, and there is, to date, no established theoretically driven resiliency assessment measure that aligns with a targeted resiliency intervention. We operationalize resiliency as one’s ability to maintain adaptive functioning in response to the ongoing, chronic stress of daily living, and we use a novel resiliency measure that assesses the target components of an evidence based resiliency intervention. We present our resiliency theory, treatment model, and corresponding assessment measure (Current Experience Scale; CES). Methods: To establish the psychometric properties of the CES, we report the factor structure and internal consistency reliability (N = 273). Among participants in our resiliency intervention (N = 151), we explored construct validity in terms of associations with theoretical model constructs, a validated resiliency measure, and sensitivity to change from before to after the intervention. Results: Results indicated that a 23-item, 6-factor solution was a good fit to the data (RMSEA =.08, CFI =.97; TLI =.96) and internal consistency was good (α =.81 to.95). The CES showed correlations in the expected direction with resiliency model constructs (all p’s