Resilience across Cultures 1 Cross-cultural consultation leading to the development of a valid measure of youth resilience: The International Resilience Project 1 Michael Ungar, Ph.D. Linda Liebenberg, Ph.D. 2 Dalhousie University, School of Social Work Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Abstract In this paper, an innovative 14-site, eleven country, collaborative investigation of resilience is described. As part of a larger mixed methods study to understand resilience as a social and ecological construct, a 58-item measure of resilience was developed. Piloting of the measure with 1451 youth ages 13-23 confirmed the measure demonstrates good construct validity. In this paper we describe the study, the measure, and discuss implications for understanding resilience across cultures and contexts. Keywords: resilience, cross-cultural collaboration, developmental assets, multi-site research, youth 1 The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of their funders, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Research Development Initiative), and the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation. 2 Contributions to this article come from all members of the International Resilience Project, under the direction of the Resilience Research Centre. For a complete list of members and their country affiliations, please go to http://www.resilienceresearch.org