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Index of Individual Resilience in four European countries
This study presents the Index of Individual Resilience (IIR) as a multidimensional tool for measuring personal resilience and compares resilience levels across …
Strong foundations and clear vulnerabilities in the Czech population
Physical health is the highest-weighted component of the Index of Individual Resilience (20%). Almost half of Czechs exercise at least three times a week, yet t…
How citizens perceive the state, institutions and each other
Institutions and trust in the state are fundamental components of overall societal resilience. While general life satisfaction is similar across the countries s…
Military duty based on Solvo Institute data
In the Czech Republic, 70% of the population considers the risk of war real, but only 15% declare serious concern. Although society perceives the threat, it doe…
Mental health as a key dimension of individual resilience
Almost a third of Czechs fall below the WHO-5 threshold, corresponding to the recommended cut-off for screening depressive symptoms. This level of risk appears …
Poland shows that resilience need not be the result of prosperity or trust in the state
Poland achieves the highest individual resilience score of all countries studied in our research. Yet it shows low trust in institutions and lower life satisfac…
What connects the World Happiness Report and the Index of Individual Resilience
Global studies increasingly focus not only on economic performance, but also on psychological and social wellbeing. The World Happiness Report and Solvo's resil…
This morning on the metro I read another article about children in Prague having anxiety. And I don't think it's just Prague. About children's mental health pro…
When I was little, my grandmother kept pushing sweets on me. Colourful, shiny, irresistible. There were never enough of them and I felt that the more I ate, the…
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