Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Clinical Application

Abstract

This chapter will describe the Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA) (Prince- Embury, 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, 2007) as an assessment of personal resiliency that is based on three core developmental systems commonly associated with adaptive functioning. In addition, psychopathology perspective and have tried to this chapter will summarize and integrate the developmental theory underlying the RSCA, present research including reliability and validity evidence and discuss clinical application of the RSCA for preventive screening and clinical intervention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)