Welcome to our site were glad you stopped by this website is home to the connor davidson resilience scalec please use the links in the menu above to find out more about the assessment and how you can obtain a copy. The connor davidson resilience scale cd risc was developed by kathryn m connor and jonathan rt davidson as a means of assessing resilience the cd risc is based on connor and davidsons operational definition of resilience which is the ability to thrive in the face of adversity since its development in 2003 the cd risc has been tested in several contexts with a variety of populations . Depression and anxiety 2003 18 71 82 this report presented psychometric data establishing validity and reliability of the scale known as the connor davidson resilience scale or cd risc as well as briefly describing each of the 25 items see table 2 of that citation and giving general scoring directions. The connor davidson resilience scale cd risc 25 is a self administered scale containing 25 items that exhibit good psychometric properties the following represent the items for the 25 item connor davidson resilience scale noting that the items listed here are not a complete representation of the scale i am able to adapt when changes occur