An adversity quotient (AQ) is a score that measures the ability of a person to deal with adversities in their life.
[Singh, S., & Sharma, T. (2017). Affect of Adversity Quotient on the occupational stress of IT managers in India. Procedia Computer Science, 122, 86-93.] As per W Hidayat, the AQ also has an effect on the student's mathematics understandability. Hence, it is commonly known as the
science of resilience. The term was coined by
Paul Stoltz
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
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in 1997 in his book ''Adversity Quotient: Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities''. To quantify the adversity quotient, Stoltz developed an assessment method called the Adversity Response Profile (ARP).
The AQ is one of the probable indicators of a person's success in life and is also primarily useful to predict
attitude
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* Attitude (psychology), an individual's predisposed state of mind regarding a value
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* Propositional attitude, a relational mental state connecting a person to a prop ...
, mental stress, perseverance,
longevity
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,
learning
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, and response to changes in
environment .
Bibliography
* Stoltz, P. (1997). ''Adversity quotient: Turning obstacles into opportunities''. New York: Wiley,
* ''Adversity Quotient @ Work: Make Everyday Challenges the Key to Your Success--Putting the Principles of AQ Into Action'' by Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D. (Morrow, 2000),
* ''Adversity Quotient at Work: Finding Your Hidden Capacity for Getting Things Done'' by Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D. (Collins, 2001), ASIN: B000W25NPI
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External links
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Psychological tests and scales