Re-evaluating the notion that resilience is commonplace: A review and distillation of directions for future research, practice, and policy

Infurna, Frank J.; Luthar, Suniya S.

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2018.07.003

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“…This presumes that individuals are largely unperturbed by the adversity. However, the empirical findings showing stability following adversity has proven to be an artifact of the methodological assumptions behind the statistical approach (for discussion, see [4]). Although a recent review claims that resilience is the modal response to adversity [6], this review was incomplete due to the exclusion of articles that directly contradict this argument.…”

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“…Not all individuals are similarly affected by adversity, whether it be the loss of one’s spouse or child, becoming unemployed, or the onset of a physical disability and chronic illness [2]. The resilience literature is built on the premise that some individuals readily bounce back following adversity, whereas others take longer to bounce back and others may not bounce back at all [3, 4]. The allure of the human capacity to be resilient has led to many concepts and methodological approaches being introduced into its study.…”

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What Does Resilience Signify? An Evaluation of Concepts and Directions for Future Research

Infurna

2020

Gerontology

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Throughout the life course, individuals are confronted with adversities that challenge their ability to live the life they imagined. Adversities that are the most prominently studied and shown to bring about the most serious consequences for adjustment across the adult lifespan include job loss, dis ease and disability onset, and spousal and child bereave ment. However, not all individuals show sustained declines to adversity; some are able to bounce back. The resilience literature is built on the premise that individuals are able to bounce back, or adapt to adversity. The past 15-20 years have seen an abundance of resilience research examining resilience to diverse types of adversity across the adult life span. The overarching goal of this paper is to evaluate psy chological concepts of resilience in adulthood and old age and recommend avenues for future research. To do so, I first evaluate and discuss definitions of resilience and their over lap across literatures with an emphasis on sociological ap proaches to studying adversity across the adult lifespan. Sec ond, I discuss promising conceptual and methodological ap proaches to advance the resilience literature in adulthood and old age. Conceptual approaches to furthering the resil ience literature include incorporating an anticipation com ponent into the definition of resilience. Methodological ap proaches to furthering the resilience literature include pro spective longitudinal designs that incorporate quantitative and qualitative approaches, multidimensional assessments, and the need to examine repeated adversities or multiple adversities that transpire in relatively close proximity to one another.

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What Does Resilience Signify? An Evaluation of Concepts and Directions for Future Research

Infurna

2020

Gerontology

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“…Five types of longitudinal models were estimated with decreasing constraints applied to the model parameters (Infurna & Luthar, 2018). First, simple growth models (GM) were applied to determine the shape and growth parameters of the overall sample trajectory.…”

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“…The present project cannot account for outcomes of positively oriented indicators of psychological adaptation such as life satisfaction or positive emotions. Future investigation of multiple psychological adaptation indicators (i.e., life satisfaction, negative and positive affect) would lead to a more multifaceted investigation of psychological adaptation following the onset of a CHC (Infurna & Luthar, 2018).…”

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Psychological distress trajectories in chronic physical health conditions.

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Objective. The onset of a chronic health condition (CHC) can have a severe impact on an individual's life, affecting mental and physical health. This study's goal was to investigate psychological distress trajectories starting from one year before to four years after the onset of a physical CHC. The specific aims were to identify the number and shape of longitudinal psychological distress trajectories and to test health-related, psychological, social, and demographic factors predicting these trajectories.Methods. Two samples were drawn from the Swiss Household Panel dataset: a CHC sample (n = 361) and a 1 to 1 matched comparison sample of healthy individuals. Latent growth mixture modeling was used to identify psychological distress trajectories over six years. Factors predicting trajectories were then tested using multinomial logistic regression.Results. Four psychological distress trajectories were identified in the CHC sample: resilience (53.9%), chronic (22.2%), delayed (15.0%), and recovery (8.9%). In the comparison sample, two trajectories were identified: low psychological distress (90%) and elevated psychological distress (10%). Protective factors associated with resilient trajectory membership in the CHC sample are higher emotional stability, higher relationship satisfaction, and male gender.Conclusion. Individuals living with a CHC have an increased risk of vulnerability compared to a sample of healthy individuals. This advocates awareness of mental health issues following the onset of a CHC. In this regard, biopsychosocial factors (gender, emotional stability, and relationship satisfaction) offer prevention and intervention opportunities for more vulnerable individuals.

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“…Psychological resilience is defined as a dynamic process of positive adaptation in the face of adversity [33,34]. Stressful work-life circumstances increase the risk for poor mental health, yet many people resile despite the difficulties they must endure [35].…”

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Psychological Resilience of Volunteers in a South African Health Care Context: A Salutogenic Approach and Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry

Barnard

Furtak

2020

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Volunteering in non-Western countries, such as South Africa, is subject to poor infrastructure, lack of resources, poverty-stricken conditions and often conducted by volunteers from lower socio-economic spheres of society. Sustaining the well-being of volunteers in this context is essential in ensuring their continued capacity to volunteer. To do so, it is important to understand the psychological resilience of these volunteers and the resistance resources they employ to positively adapt to their challenging work-life circumstances. The aim of this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore volunteers’ psychological resilience from a salutogenic perspective. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight volunteers servicing government-run hospitals. Data were analysed through phenomenological hermeneutical analysis. Findings show a characteristic work-life orientation to be at the root of volunteers’ resilience. Their work-life orientation is based on a distinct inner drive, an other-directedness and a “calling” work orientation. It is proposed that this work-life orientation enables volunteers in this study context, to cope with and positively adapt to challenging work-life circumstances and continue volunteering. The elements of their work-life orientation are presented as intrapersonal strength resources fundamental to their psychological resilience. It is suggested that organisations invest in developmental interventions that endorse and promote these intrapersonal strengths.

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Re-evaluating the notion that resilience is commonplace: A review and distillation of directions for future research, practice, and policy

Cited by 123 publications

References 89 publications

What Does Resilience Signify? An Evaluation of Concepts and Directions for Future Research

What Does Resilience Signify? An Evaluation of Concepts and Directions for Future Research

Psychological distress trajectories in chronic physical health conditions.

Psychological Resilience of Volunteers in a South African Health Care Context: A Salutogenic Approach and Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry

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