Resilience - American Psychological Association (APA) Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands
Building your resilience - American Psychological Association (APA) The ability to learn resilience is one reason research has shown that resilience is ordinary, not extraordinary One example is the response of many Americans to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and individuals’ efforts to rebuild their lives after tragedy Like building a muscle, increasing your resilience takes time and intentionality
Apprehending the Concept of Resilience: A Psychological Perspective on . . . Resilience, a vital key to life, is referenced by many but has no single, applicable-to-all definition This paper compares definitions of resilience and identifies a number of protective factors that contribute to resilience The difficulties of operationally defining resilience and the
Building Resilience in Relation to Stress or Trauma Defining Resilience The definition of resilience according to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary is, “the ability of people or things to recover quickly after something unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc ” (Resilience, n d ) According to the APA, resilience is, “the process of adapting well in the face of
Resilience for teens: 10 tips to build skills on bouncing back from . . . Resilience is a journey, and each person will take his or her own time along the way You may benefit from some of the resilience tips above, while some of your friends may benefit from others The skills of resilience you learn during really bad times will be useful even after the bad times end, and they are good skills to have every day
Resilience guide for parents and teachers The ability to thrive despite these challenges arises from the skills of resilience The good news is that resilience skills can be learned Building resilience—the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress—can help our children manage stress and feelings of anxiety and uncertainty
Running head: BUILDING RESILIENCE - American Psychological Association . . . Forthis reason, I concur with the definition of resilience as a “multi-dimensional characteristicthat varies with context, time, age, gender, and cultural origin as well as within an individual subjectto different life circumstances” (Herrman et al 2011) Although there is a lack of consensus onthe operational definition of resilience, most
The road to resilience - American Psychological Association (APA) The topic of resilience seems to provide a solid foundation for educating the public about good psychological health Not only can resilience be learned, research has shown that resilience is not an extraordinary thing but is rather ordinary and can be learned by most anyone
Resilience and Trauma: - American Psychological Association (APA) Special issue of the APA journal Traumatology, Vol 23, No 1, March 2017 The articles are divided among three sections: Reflections on Trauma Resilience Living in Israel, Resilience in Specific Contexts, and Models and Mechanisms of Trauma Resilience
Building resilience in the face of adversity Bonanno: Resilience to an aversive event doesn’t just happen I don’t think resilience is a characteristic of people or a trait Resilience is an effortful outcome that happens when people adapt themselves to the challenges of the situation they’ve been presented with And that requires what I call now regulatory flexibility