Interactive Tool: How Well Do You Bounce Back?

What's next?

Improving your resiliency skills does not happen overnight. Resiliency develops through gradual, small changes in your outlook on life and careful self-evaluation. Some people can begin this shift on their own. Others may find a counselor or therapist helpful. For more information, see the topic Stress Management.

Copyright 2003, Al Siebert, reproduced with permission. This assessment was based on The Survivor Personality by Al Siebert, Ph.D.

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Author:	Jeannette Curtis	Last Updated: October 9, 2007
Medical Review:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry
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