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title: The development and validation of the Resilience Index
description: This peer-reviewed paper indicates that our Resilience Index is a reliable, valid measure of resilience.
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# [The development and validation of the Resilience Index](https://blog.neurozone.com/the-development-and-validation-of-the-resilience-index)

 Written by [Dr Mariza van Wyk, Dr Etienne van der Walt, Tyler Phillips](https://blog.neurozone.com/author/dr-mariza-van-wyk-dr-etienne-van-der-walt-tyler-phillips) | Jun 23, 2022 1:59:44 PM

This peer-reviewed Resilience Index highlights three novel findings specifically:

- It encompasses existing theoretical understandings of resilience but also includes two novel components: **early-life stability and toxic stress**
- The index applies to individuals from **high-, middle-, and low-income contexts.**
- It is the first to develop **unique cut-off scores** that classify individuals into low, moderate, or high levels of resilience.

[Read the Abstract of the full article here](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15305058.2022.2036162)

As part of our endeavor to build resilient and high-performing individuals and teams, we spent the past four years developing and validating the Resilience Index in partnership with the [University of Cape Town](https://www.uct.ac.za/) and [Tshwane University of Technology](https://www.tut.ac.za/).

It is a reliable, valid measure and the paper outlining its development and validation has been published in the accredited journal, the [International Journal of Testing](https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hijt20).

The Resilience Index lies at the heart of our products. We also continuously curate the most recent and cutting-edge science in our fields, and beyond, to inform our research projects, our publications, and ultimately, our products.

 

 

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