Refugee research, to date, has predominantly focused on factors that make refugees more
vulnerable for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or psychological …

Psychological resilience has been defined as the ability of an individual to recover from a
traumatic event or to remain psychologically robust when faced with an adverse event. This …

The effects of life events and chronic stressors on people experiencing them are not uniform.
Although psychosocial stressors may contribute to the occurrence of psychopathology …

BACKGROUND: Influences of resilience on the presence and severity of depression
following trauma exposure are largely unknown. Hence, we examined effects of resilience …

Objectives: To provide discussion on (a) the construct of resilience in relation to people with
traumatic injuries,(b) potential research directions, and (c) reliable and valid measures of …

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 inflicted distress beyond those directly exposed,
thereby providing an opportunity to examine the contributions of a range of factors …

Decades of research have consistently shown that the most common outcome following
potential trauma is a stable trajectory of healthy functioning, or resilience. However, attempts …

A number of governmental agencies have called for enhancing citizens' resilience as a
means of preparing populations in advance of disasters, and as a counterbalance to social …

The purpose of this chapter was to examine the relationship between potential resources for
resilience and resilience itself. The Brief Resilience Scale [Smith et al.(International Journal …