Palix Resilience Scale Validation Study

Summary

Researchers at the University of Calgary are inviting adults to take part in a research study to test a new online tool for measuring emotional resilience. Resilience is the ability to adapt and stay healthy even when bad things happen in your life, and it can change over time in response to your experiences and the skills you develop.

The existing measurement, the Palix Foundation Resilience Scale (PFRS), has been used by clinicians for many years to help patients understand their own resilience and plan their treatments. The purpose of this study is to test a new electronic version of this tool, which will allow it to be used more broadly in the future.

If you choose to take part in the study, you will be asked to participate in a structured interview and fill in questionnaires about your life experiences:
- 3 study visits (either online or in person);
- ~ 45 to 100 minutes each.

Eligibility

Currently recruiting participants: Yes

Eligible ages: 30 to 65

Accepts healthy participants: Yes

Inclusion criteria:

Inclusion criteria:

1) Adults between the ages of 30 and 65;
2) Have access to a computer or tablet that can connect to the internet and has a working camera; and
3) Fluent in written and spoken English.

Exclusion criteria:

Exclusion criteria:

1) History of or current suicidality or homicidality;
2) Severe and persistent mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia); or
3) Grave disability.

Participate

Fill out the following form if you want to participate in this research

Method of contact

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Additional information

Contact information

Ante Markovinovic, Research Coordinator Flavia Vieira, Research Coordinator palixstudy@ucalgary.ca

Principal investigator:

Paul Arnold

Clinical trial:

No

REB-ID:

REB26-0094