Resilience

behavior. Spirituality and resilience can have a positive, lasting impact on those experiencing PTSD. Peres, et al., (2007) state, “Hopelessness is a word often used by PTSD individuals to express their emotional state” (p. 346). Low levels of spirituality and resilience can increase levels of suicidal idealization and occurrences. Hourani, et al., (2012) found that high spirituality has a “protective effect” for depression and PTSD (p.7). Spirituality and resilience provide hope and closure…

Adversity is a factor in every person’s life, but not everyone is lucky enough to possess resilience. Resilience is the ability to prevail when faced obstacles in life. There are many methods people use to gain resilience, and there are many reasons why people cannot, but one reason why people never become resilient is because they live a life with unsupportive or detrimental parents. Elizabeth from the short story “Jericho” by Margaret Price and the boy from “Untitled” by Anonymous are key…

lower income or lower social status are prone to experience 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…

Last but not least, resilience is one of important factors that help students achieve a success in nursing school. For sure, I always know that nursing school is very tough, so I may face stress during the program. Thus, resilience may help me to moderate all the negative effects of stress. According to Beauvais, Beauvais, DeNisco, and Stewart (2013), “ faculty could consider fostering situations that provide the student with a sense of competence, with the opportunity to feel successful, and…

My preconceived notion of resilience was the ability to get knocked down and have the strength to get back up again. However, when I read the article it caused me to challenge my perception of resilience. In my response, I will address and discuss critically what challenges I believe I will face and how I can best safeguard myself against the potential tests to my resilience, as a trainee Teacher. I believe it is incredibly important for anyone undertaking a PGCE or any Teacher training route,…

higher client dropout rates, and clients completing a standard course of treatment still met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Furthermore, comorbidity and heterogeneity are considerable factors in the 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…

There is little research on individual resilience factors for Canadian Aboriginal; however, there is still some research that discusses possible factors that might increase a risk for Canadian Aboriginal individuals on poor adjustment. First, this essay analyzed three different articles to determine…

among individuals presented to tyke abuse; lastly, headings for future research (Suzuki, Poon, Kumari, &Cleare, 2015). Child Maltreatment and Resilience Walsh et al. give an exhaustive outline of…

Resilience has its meaning seeded in many different disciplines, such as mathematics, physics, sociology, and technology, amongst many others (Norris, Stevens, Pfefferbaum, Wyche, and Pfefferbaum, 2007). It has many definitions depending on the point of view, and can be defined in a physical or intangible sense. In the public health sector, we can define resilience as using available adaptive resources to be able to have a positive path of operation after a disaster or other interruption in…

Technological advancements can vary in different fields of the healthcare realm. One such advancement in the mental health field is prevention and intervention. In Dr. Paul R. Ahr’s article “Community Mental Health Principles: A 40-Year Case Study”, he discussed that although the Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) Act of 1963 required the CMHCs to provide prevention and intervention, budget cuts in the 1980s made it difficult, but Missouri has prevailed in this requirement (Ahr, 2005,…