ellenállóképességskálával

Ellenállóképességskálával refers to the use of a resilience scale in research or assessment to quantify an individual's capacity to cope with stress, adversity, or challenging life circumstances. In Hungarian scholarly language, ellenállóképesség means resilience or steadfastness, while skálával denotes the instrument is employed via a scale. The term is typically used to describe studies that administer a standardized questionnaire to obtain a numerical resilience score and, in some cases, subscale scores.

A resilience scale is usually a self-report instrument based on a Likert response format, commonly 5- or 7-point scales. Items assess facets such as coping strategies, adaptability, persistence, optimism, and social support. Scoring often results in a total resilience score and, when available, multiple subscales that reflect different resilience components. Psychometric properties such as internal consistency and construct validity are reported to support the instrument’s reliability and usefulness in various populations.

Applications of ellenállóképességskálával include psychology, education, occupational health, and clinical research. Researchers use the scale to examine how resilience relates to outcomes like well-being, academic performance, burnout, or recovery from trauma. Cross-cultural adaptation and language validation are common steps when applying a scale in Hungarian contexts, including translation, back-translation, and testing for measurement invariance.

Limitations exist: self-report bias, social desirability, and the influence of current mood on responses. Resilience scales measure perceived, not necessarily objective, resilience, and results should be interpreted alongside other assessments. Several widely used resilience instruments inform the choice of Hungarian researchers, with adaptations contributing to normative data and cross-study comparability.

See also: resilience, psychometrics, self-report instruments, cross-cultural validation.