More is known about the factors that predict mental disorder than about the factors and
processes that promote positive development among individuals exposed to atypically high …

Psychological resilience refers to the phenomenon that many people are able to adapt to the
challenges of life and maintain mental health despite exposure to adversity. This has …

" Across diverse disciplines, the term resilience is appearing more and more often. However,
while each discipline has developed theory and models to explain the resilience of the …

Is resilience always adaptive and functional, or can resilience be maladaptive in contexts
where it masks vulnerability or prevents effective action to address risk? In this paper, we …

Emergency situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic can lead healthcare and emergency
workers to undergo severe stress reactions that increase the risk of developing secondary …

How do children and adolescents “make it” when their development is threatened by
poverty, neglect, maltreatment, war, violence, or exposure to oppression, racism, and …

This article delineates parallel frameworks that grew out of the research on risk and
resilience over the past four decades, a framework for research and a framework for …

There is a long history of interest in developmental theory and research in the processes by
which function in one domain or level or system influences another system or level of …

Background: Research on resilience in the aftermath of potentially traumatic life events
(PTE) is still evolving. For decades, researchers have documented resilience in children …

From a pioneering researcher, this book synthesizes the best current knowledge on
resilience in children and adolescents. Ann S. Masten explores what allows certain …