Psychological resilience

Resilience as a construct is hard to define. In simplest terms, resilience can be described as a quality that makes one, particularly a child, exceptionally resistant to the negative effects of stress.(Tolan, 1996) However, in reality, characterizing resilience is much more complicated; the literature on trauma alone has at least 8 unique definitions for resilience.(Barber & Doty, 2013) Unsurprisingly, the unclear nature of resilience is one of the many arguments that are used to demonstrate its potential lack of utility in the study of child psychopathology. In “How Resilient is the Concept of Resilience”, Dr. Patrick Tolan (1996) provides further detail of the problems with resilience as a construct, and all but states that it is not a significant…

Psychological resilience is defined as an individual's ability to successfully adapt to life tasks in the face of social disadvantage or highly adverse conditions. The film “Rudy” provides one example, and role model, of someone coming back from a negative experience. In my own life, I have faced many hardships when it comes to family. Whether it often being a death in the family, which is quite often since Irish people seem to drop like flies, or a financial struggle that affects the peace…

academic or self-perception complications. Building psychological resilience helps to offset the effects of their environment during critical times in their development. Researchers have looked at the relationship between resilience and social support. This study will evaluate methods of promoting psychological resilience and its effects on academic performance. The study will use a between subjects model where participants are assigned to one of two conditions. Each participant will either be…

construct of psychological resilience works towards answering these questions and is a relatively young field of research. Resilience describes an individual’s ability to positively adapt in the face…

Social workers are often expected to use the concepts risk and resilience to assist clients with overcoming adversity as well as identifying their strengths as a source of intervention. Fraser, Richman, & Galinsky (1999) has defined risk as “the probabilistically as any influence that increases the likelihood of the onset of a problem or maintains a problem state” (Fraser, Richman, & Galinsky, 1999). Although social workers assist clients in reducing risk, they also assist clients with adapting…

social connectedness foster patient resilience? Potential implications for health care practice and health campaigns Background: Resilience is one’s capacity to maintain or regain well-being in the face of adversity, such as having a physical illness (Stewart & Yuen, 2011). Building health resilience has become a prominent health care goal and identifying the factors that allow people to adapt successfully to a negative life event is becoming more and more important (Wulff, Donato, & Lurie,…

experiences include “being a victim of abuse or neglect as well as growing up in households in which there are issues such as domestic violence or adult substance use problems, long-term mental health conditions or criminal behaviour leading to incarceration of family members,” as well as several other events that occur during a person’s childhood (Bellis, 2017, p2). Studies show that a range of factors can help children develop resilience toward their ACEs. Cultural traditions, better developed…

Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. It means “bouncing back” from difficult experiences. (American Psychological Association, 2017). Rogerson and Ermes, 2008 propose resilience is the ability to persevere and thrive in the face of exposure to adverse situations. Resilience come from a Latin…

diagnosis of PTSD when measuring levels of resilience and recovery. For example, PTSD shares diagnostic symptoms with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), including “sleep apnia, anhedonia, irritability and difficulty sleeping.” Epidemiological data reveals that between 48% and 55% of PTSD sufferers have comorbid MDD, anxiety, and substance abuse…

perfectionistic instinct that causes the depression to continue. Sources such as family, friends, teachers, or even neighbor can affect the stress levels of the student; these types of interactions could allow the adolescent to receive beneficial effects and aid them in stress reduction or a solution to a problem. This all is affected by the amount of support the student will receive from their peers, family, and others around them. Negative influences and poorly received emotional support are…