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Psychological resilience, or mental resilience, is the ability to cope mentally and emotionally with a crisis, or to return to pre-crisis status quickly. [1]The term was popularized in the 1970s and 1980s by psychologist Emmy Werner as she conducted a forty-year-long study of a cohort of Hawaiian children who came from low socioeconomic status backgrounds.
Hardiness appears to confer resiliency by means of a combination of cognitive and behavioural mechanisms, and biophysical processes. Very simplified: as stressful circumstances mount, so does the physical and mental strain on the person, and if this strain is sufficiently intense and prolonged, breakdowns in health and performance are to be ...
A person doing geometry homework Children preparing homework on the street, Tel Aviv, 1954 Homework is a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed at home . Common homework assignments may include required reading , a writing or typing project, mathematical exercises to be completed, information to be reviewed before a ...
The Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was developed by Kathryn M. Connor and Jonathan R.T. Davidson as a means of assessing resilience. [1] The CD-RISC is based on Connor and Davidson's operational definition of resilience, which is the ability to "thrive in the face of adversity." Since its development in 2003, the CD-RISC has been ...
The book was reviewed by Kirkus, [1] Publishers Weekly, [2] and USA Today. [3] Kirkus describes it as a "harrowing ride" of "courageous personal reflections" despite a "slow start". [1] Publishers Weekly called it "heartfelt" but "belabored and grim." [2] USA Today identifies the writing as clumsy at points, but describes Jessie's life as ...
Individual resilience gradually moved into understanding the processes associated with overcoming adversity, then into prevention and intervention and now focuses on examining how factors at multiple levels of the system (e.g., molecular, individual, family, community) and using interdisciplinary approaches (e.g., medical, social services ...
George A. Bonanno (/ b ə ˈ n æ n oʊ /) is a professor of clinical psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, U.S. [1] He is responsible for introducing the controversial idea of resilience to the study of loss and trauma.
Resilience (2018), seventh book in Fletcher DeLancey's Chronicles of Alsea series; Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness, a memoir by Jessie Close with Pete Earley; Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities, a 2009 book by Elizabeth Edwards; Resilient, 2016 autobiography by Australian ...