Ego-resiliency (ER) is a capacity that enables individuals to adapt to constantly changing environmental demands. The goal of our research was to identify components of Ego-resiliency, and to test the reliability and the structural and convergent validity of the refined version of the ER11 Ego-resiliency scale. In Study 1 we used a factor analytical approach to assess structural validity and to...

Computing a user-task assignment for a workflow coming with probabilistic user availability provides a measure of completion rate or resiliency. To a workflow designer this indicates a risk of failure, especially useful for workflows which cannot be changed due to rigid security constraints. Furthermore, resiliency can help outline a mitigation strategy which states actions that can be performe...

As opposed to the problem-based approach of dealing with specific at-risk behaviors, the objective of the self-reported Youth Resiliency: Assessing Developmental Strengths questionnaire is to provide a statistically sound and research-based approach to understanding the factors that contribute to the development of adolescent resiliency. The study of protective factors, or the more recent attem...

BACKGROUND Cancer detection always has a lot of stress and nervousness which, apart from physical injuries, will affect quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between resiliency and quality of life by moderating the role of duration of awareness of cancer. METHODS Population of the study included all patients with cancer who were under treatment in Yazd For...

resiliency is an emerging concept in urban design which fosters new thinking about designing less vulnerable and more flexible cities. from chicago and san francisco which recovered from big fires in the nineteenth century, berlin and beirut which survived wars in the twentieth century, and new orleans which - in the face of its geologic and hydrologic limitations - is re-emerging from the hurr...

the current study aimed to examine the role of state-trait anxiety and resiliency in test anxiety. the research was conducted on a sample of 153 high students who completed questionnaire measures of state-trait anxiety (stai-t), trait resilience (cd-risc) and test anxiety (ta).  pearson correlation and regression analyze were used to data analyze. consistent with the assumption, results indicat...

The ability of nonprofits to weather hard times is a popular theme in the literature, yet most research spent on predicting organizational closure. Unfortunately, this offers little guidance attempting both survive and deliver services during crises. We use lived experiences 31 nonprofits—a mix umbrella groups direct human service providers—during Illinois state budget impasse understand nonpro...