BRAVE

BRAVE Research Tool

The Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE) Measure

The Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism (BRAVE) measure is a brief questionnaire tool that can be used to assess risk and protective factors for young people’s resilience to violent extremism. The measure was developed and validated as part of a collaborative research initiative between the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University (Australia) and the Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University (Canada).


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Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism

Resilience is generally understood to be an individual's ability to overcome adversity and continue his or her normal development. In the BRAVE, we use a more ecological and culturally sensitive definition. Dr. Michael Ungar, Director of the RRC, has suggested that resilience is better understood as follows:

The BRAVE measure is available for free. We ask that you fill out a short survey so we know how the measure will be used prior to access.