TAP reading note: Resilience definitions, theory, and challenges: interdisciplinary perspectives

What the study found

A multidisciplinary discussion presents resilience as functioning and adaptation over time in the context of adversity. It highlights influences at individual, family, community and cultural levels.

Scope & limitations

Expert perspectives from psychology, psychiatry, developmental science and social context research; not a single empirical sample.

Definitions differ across disciplines and levels of analysis. The paper does not validate a single biological measure or justify treating an adverse outcome as a failure of willpower.

Population & sample

Expert perspectives from psychology, psychiatry, developmental science and social context research; not a single empirical sample.

Exposure or intervention

Definitions, determinants, technologies and possible ways to support resilience.

Outcomes

Adaptive functioning after adversity across biological, psychological and social contexts.

Time frame

Discussion informed by a 2013 scientific meeting, published in 2014; time horizons vary by context.

Research funding

George Bonanno’s work was supported by NIMH grant R01MH091034.

Research conflicts of interest

The authors declared no conflict of interest.

Reading scope

Based on the publication’s text, including Definitions, multilevel context, discussion and conflict/funding statement. This reading note has not undergone independent scientific review.

References

1. Steven M. Southwick, George A. Bonanno, Ann S. Masten, Catherine Panter-Brick, Rachel Yehuda (2014). Resilience definitions, theory, and challenges: interdisciplinary perspectives. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v5.25338

Publication record

TAP-RDN-0029 · v0.1 · English

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