Resilience and Culture: The Diversity of Protective Processes and Positive Adaptation

Methodological Strategies for Resilience Research in Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals (LGBs): Integrative Review of the Literatur

“…It should be stressed, however, that the notion of resilience associated with individual characteristics can minimize the importance of the social environment and hold individuals accountable only for their (lack of) success, disregarding the role of social, political, economic and cultural forces that can promote or even inhibit the processes of resilience. Of course, among many other factors, the inclusion of effi cient public policies is a facilitator of resilience, especially among socially marginalized groups (Ungar, 2015).…”

“…In regard to risks, for example, although they represent a threat to the quality of adaptation in resilience processes, it is emphasized that risk is a probabilistic term, being that in its presence, there is the probability of a negative result for members of a particular group, but this does not necessarily indicate the exact nature of the threat to an individual (Wright & Masten, 2015). Risks are multifaceted aspects and a more rigorous assessment of their effects needs to consider their cumulative effect, chronicity, the ecological complexity in which the person is involved when facing the threatening situation, as well as the relevance of the cultural and contextual factors that affect people (Ungar, 2015;Wright & Masten, 2015).…”

“…From the analyzed data it was noticed that the researches with a focus on the variables continued to use variables and measurement instruments with an emphasis on the individual aspects to capture the resilience. However, it is not a condition of solitary individuals (Ungar, 2015). Analytical models therefore need to recognize the complex and multidimensional nature that accompanies the lives of sexual minorities and thereby show the resources that surround their ecological context (family, community, cultural, political, and legal) in relation to their personal experiences.…”

Youth Conceptualization of Resilience Strategies in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries

“…In this way, resilience researchers acknowledge, to varying degrees, the role of the environment in nurturing resilience. Ungar (2011Ungar ( , 2012Ungar ( , 2015 urged a shift in our understanding of resilience by highlighting the seminal importance of both context and culture in his socioecological theory of resilience (SERT). Ungar (2011Ungar ( , 2012 thus held that resilience is a dynamic, culturally entrenched process shared between an individual and their context; in SERT, he introduced principles of decentrality and cultural relativity.…”

“…Masten and Wright (2010) identify six universally occurring adaptive systems that inform resilience: the presence of supportive attachment relationships; the individual's cognitive aptitude; self-regulation skills; the ability to make meaning; agency and mastery; and the influence of culture and traditions. The way these systems operate, however, varies across contexts and periods, and their use in analysis thus needs to be grounded in contextual awareness (Theron, 2018;Theron & Theron, 2013;Ungar, 2015). This focus on cross-cultural understanding of resilience is becoming increasingly popular, as it enables a more nuanced understanding of adaptive processes across cultures and nations (Sirikantraporn et al, 2018).…”