Resiliency Self Assessment

Resiliency is an important factor to have present in one’s life. Taking this resiliency quiz opened my eyes to how I am not as resilient as I thought I was. Some of the question asked in this quiz made me assess my own culture, such as gender and sexual orientation. A crucial part of being resilient is realizing what protective factors are present in one’s life. Many of the factors surprised me because I did not even know they were considered protective factors. Identifying the resiliency builders I would like to add to my repertoire was easy because a majority of those builders are not present in my everyday, and I would like to change that. However, I know it is going to be difficult to add these into my life. The resiliency framework is used in all aspect of social work. I decided to use it to promote resiliency in people with eating disorder. It is important for a person to have great environment protective factors so that they know
I have a diverse group of friends, some who are homosexual, heterosexual, and bisexual. A majority of my homosexual friends are always telling me stories about how in work or classes many people glance over their ideas or opinions because of their sexual orientation. I cannot believe that their are still people in this world who discriminate against people just because they are attracted to someone of the same-sex. It is hard enough to be open about your sexual orientation, one should not have to hide in their work or school just so they can get the respect. I answered yes to this question because my classmates are coworkers do listen to my ideas and opinions and respect them even if they do not agree with them. Everyone’s ideas and opinions should be respected no matter who they love because we all