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Self-regulation and positive traits

Dispositional Resilience Scale (Hardiness).

DRS-15

What it measures
psychological hardiness; commitment; control; challenge
Length and format
15 items. 4-point Likert (not at all true to completely true); 3 subscales x 5 items (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Cross-culturally adapted into Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Italian, Spanish and other languages
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Bartone, P. T. (1995). A short hardiness scale. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, New York. (DRS-15)

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