The Family Resilience Worksheet lists the 7Cs of Resilience and asks you to rate yourself and your family on each of these resilience factors.
This worksheet targets areas for improvement. Once these areas of improvement have been identified, you can concentrate on building your skills in areas where you need help.
The 7Cs of Family Resilience
The 7Cs of Mindful Ecotherapy are factors of family resilience. All families have problems from time to time. When families go through a crisis, some fall apart, while others manage to ride the storm out and come through the other side relatively intact. Research has shown that families who manage to handle a crisis effectively all have certain characteristics in common. These characteristics are called resiliency factors.
The 7Cs are these resiliency factors. This exercise is designed to help you to identify your own personal resiliency factors so you may assess your strengths and weaknesses. If you have a strength, you may be able to help others in the class who are weak in that particular area. If you have a weakness in one of these areas, you may be able to rely on family or friends for support and suggestions in helping you to build strengths in areas where you have difficulty.
7Cs of Family Resilience Worksheet
Each of the 7Cs of Family Resilience is listed below, along with a description of what each means. Rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 by circling the most appropriate number on the scales below, with ‘1’ representing ‘a definite weakness’ and ‘10’ representing ‘a definite strength.’
Compassion
“I am able to be compassionate with others and to act in compassionate ways”
Rating 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Communication
“I am able to communicate my thoughts and feelings in effective ways”
Rating 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Control
“I am able to control myself and I don’t try to control and manipulate others”
Rating 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Choices
“I am consistently able to make positive choices that lead to positive consequences”
Rating 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Consequences
“I am consistently able to get positive consequences for my choices and actions”
Rating 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Consistency
“I am consistently able to regulate my emotions and moods without acting in emotionally aggressive ways”
Rating 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Confidence
“I am confident in my ability to manage my moods and my emotional states”
Rating 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Keep your answers to these questions handy, as we’ll be talking about them in the coming weeks.