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An adversity quotient (AQ) is a score that measures the ability of a person to deal with adversities in their life.[1] As per W Hidayat, the AQ also has an effect on the student's mathematics understandability. Hence, it is commonly known[_by whom?_] as the science of resilience. 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[_citation needed_] and is also primarily useful to predict attitude, mental stress, perseverance, longevity, learning, and response to changes in environment [_citation needed_].

  1. ^ Singh, S., & Sharma, T. (2017). Affect of Adversity Quotient on the occupational stress of IT managers in India. Procedia Computer Science, 122, 86-93.