Resiliency is the ability to adapt one's level of control temporarily up or down as
circumstances dictate (Block, Kremen, 1996). In a series of 5 studies we investigated the
concept of resiliency in normal and clinical populations. We review the results of the past
studies presenting theoretical background, methods, main results and conclusions. Our
research in non-clinical populations has shown that resiliency is related to positive affectivity
and activity-oriented challenge stress appraisal, and is a mediator between resiliency and …