Chapter 14<BR> Resilience Across the Life Span

Lifelong Learning: A Dyadic Ecological Perspective

“…In the present article, I explore a variety of ideas, most of which reflect established ways of thinking about human development, and apply them to middle-aged and older learners in an effort to more fully understand the process of lifelong learning. These ideas embrace concepts of contextualism (Lerner et al, 2013), the multilayered nature of the environment (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 1998), the dialectics of dyadic interactions among students and instructors (Riegel, 1976), the zone of proximal development (Vygotsky, 1978), and the notion of person-environment fit (Lawton & Nahemow, 1973).…”

Resilience in sport: The development of a resilience program for young athletes

“…This limitation was concerning because previous research reviewed in this chapter had discussed the overlap between social and affective processing in the brain; and stressed the importance of the development of social competence as a major task during adolescence (Burnett et al, 2011;Compas, 2004;Crone & Dahl, 2012;Dykas & Cassidy, 2007;Giedd, 2004;Lerner et. al, 2012;Siegel, 2007Siegel, , 2012.…”

“…The prefrontal cortex is the area of the brain that regulates affective processing (also referred to as self-regulation) and the orbitofrontal cortex is central to integrating the information from the body and the mind to create complex thinking and develop flexibility that is a critical component of adaption, flexibility and resilience (Burnett et al, 2011;Compas, 2004;Crone & Dahl, 2012;Dykas & Cassidy, 2007;Giedd, 2004;Lerner et. al, 2012;Siegel, 2007Siegel, , 2012.…”

“…Affective states are an integral part of how social competence is advanced through an individual's relationships and interactions with the world (Burnett et al, 2011;Crone & Dahl, 2012;Jetha & Segalowitz, 2012;Johnson, 2007;Johnson, Grossman, & Kadosh, 2009). Further, healthy relationships and self-regulation of affective states are positively correlated to resilience during the life span (Lerner et al, 2012;Ong, Edwards, & Bergeman, 2006;Schore, 2000;Siegel, 2007Siegel, , 2012.…”

“…An integrative model of resilience requires interventions that target multiple domains from a multisystemic, social-ecological perspective (Burt, 2002;Holt et al, 2017;Lerner et al, 2012;Zolkoski & Bullock, 2012). When assessing factors attributed to the development of resilience across studies, Winders (2014) proposed a transactional-ecological theory to understand resilience within an integrative model and provide a focus for interventions ( Figure 2).…”