Santos of the Clermont Graduate University (2012) described resilience as the power or skill to back from normal shape. It is the ability to surpass from some break-up, stress, change or problems. Resilience stems from Latin word (resiliens) and originally referred as able to bend without breaking or being elastic. Shonkoff (2011), the chief of Center on the Developing Child at Harvard Resilience stated that depending on the support, response and mastery of capabilities can help to engaged and adapt to condition in good ways. Resilience is from the connection between internal disposition and external experience. In measuring resilience, it is on individual’s decision making, immune system, and genes; how they respond to stressful experiences. Negative and positive experiences remain to influence the individual’s metal and physical
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It place risk in the broader social context of racism, poverty and war -- not for the individuals, families and neighbourhood. And determining how individuals had the ability to surpass different challenges they are experiencing. Resilience studies provides knowledge on social and behavioural sciences from phenomena, risk and focus to an examination of their communities that promoting health and healing such as their family and school (Bonnie Benard, M.SW., 2010).
Johnson (2011) discussed the effect of internal and external protective factors on resilience among college students at South-eastern University. The study aimed to identify the internal protective factors such as optimism, self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in which predict resilience among college students. Most common studies focus on children or younger adolescents and few studies focus on college students or adult individuals. The study revealed that some of internal protective factors control differently in explaining resilience among different groups in race and
It place risk in the broader social context of racism, poverty and war -- not for the individuals, families and neighbourhood. And determining how individuals had the ability to surpass different challenges they are experiencing. Resilience studies provides knowledge on social and behavioural sciences from phenomena, risk and focus to an examination of their communities that promoting health and healing such as their family and school (Bonnie Benard, M.SW., 2010).
Johnson (2011) discussed the effect of internal and external protective factors on resilience among college students at South-eastern University. The study aimed to identify the internal protective factors such as optimism, self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in which predict resilience among college students. Most common studies focus on children or younger adolescents and few studies focus on college students or adult individuals. The study revealed that some of internal protective factors control differently in explaining resilience among different groups in race and