How do you typically respond
to adversity?
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Different people respond differently to negative events in their lives. Below are statements on how young people generally may behave, think, or feel when facing a stressful or negative event. Please read each statement carefully. Then, indicate how you responded when facing stressful or negative events that occurred in the past three months.
There are no right or wrong answers. Please answer according to your actual circumstances and the very thought of you.
The rating scale is as follows:
There are no right or wrong answers. Please answer according to your actual circumstances and the very thought of you.
The rating scale is as follows:
0 Not at all
1 Not very often
2 Somewhat often
3 Quite often
4 Very often
| When facing stressful or negative events: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) I feel like a failure. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(2) I think about what happened and I get upset. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(3) I get overwhelmed by my negative emotions. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(4) I think about other bad things that happened. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(5) I cannot control or stop myself from thinking about what happened. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(6) I want to be alone after what happened. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(7) I try not to think about what happened. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(8) I want to quickly forget what happened. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(9) I purposefully focus my attention on other things (e.g. exercise or watch a movie etc.). |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(10) I feel like there is no use in talking about what happened again. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(11) I think about how a lot of other people have it worse than me. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(12) I think about how I have already done my best in the situation. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(13) I remind myself I am better than other people in many ways. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(14) I tell myself I am not wrong. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(15) I remind myself I do not care what others think of me. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(16) I try even harder to keep everyone around me happy. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(17) I would pretend to be happy around certain people, even when I do not enjoy it. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(18) I try harder to make people proud of me. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(19) I find it difficult to say no to others’ requests. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
(20) I try to be nice to people, even if they have made me feel bad. |
0 Not at all | 1 Not very often | 2 Somewhat often | 3 Quite often | 4 Very often |
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