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. The term was coined by
Paul Stoltz 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
Attitude or Attitude may refer to:
Philosophy and psychology
* Attitude (psychology), a disposition or state of mind
** Attitude change
* Propositional attitude, a mental state held towards a proposition
Science and technology
* Orientation ...
, mental stress, perseverance,
longevity
Longevity may refer to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas ''life expectancy'' is defined Statistics, statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age. For example, a population's life expectancy at birth ...
,
learning
Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, value (personal and cultural), values, Attitude (psychology), attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, non-human animals, and ...
, 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
Peaklearning.comResearchgate.net
Psychological tests and scales