TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience is not the absence of PTSD any more than health is the absence of disease
AU - Almedom, Astier M.
AU - Glandon, Douglas
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 1 June 2006; accepted 17 July 2006. We thank the following colleagues for their assistance in translating the non-English-language papers reviewed: Clemens Alt (German), Estrella Alves (Portuguese), and Natalie Jacque (French). Anonymous reviewer and editorial suggestions were gratefully received. This study was funded by the Henry R. Luce Program at Tufts University. Address correspondence to Astier M. Almedom, Tufts University, 165 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155. E-mail: astier-m.almedom@tufts.edu
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Resilience may mean different things to different researchers and practitioners in psychology and public health: A process, an outcome, a dynamic steady state in the face of adversity, and defiance of risk/vulnerability are among the variety of understandings of the concept that are extant. This article summarizes the results of a systematic review of the literature on definitions and measurements of resilience. It is evident that resilience is more than the absence of "posttraumatic stress disorder," just as health (and indeed mental health) is more than the absence of disease (or mental/behavioral disorder). A multidimensional construct, resilience a requires a multimethod and multilevel study design that combines both qualitative and quantitative techniques to be examined satisfactorily. Seven selected studies are discussed in detail, highlighting examples that offer a fuller understanding of resilience in its sociocultural and ecological context.
AB - Resilience may mean different things to different researchers and practitioners in psychology and public health: A process, an outcome, a dynamic steady state in the face of adversity, and defiance of risk/vulnerability are among the variety of understandings of the concept that are extant. This article summarizes the results of a systematic review of the literature on definitions and measurements of resilience. It is evident that resilience is more than the absence of "posttraumatic stress disorder," just as health (and indeed mental health) is more than the absence of disease (or mental/behavioral disorder). A multidimensional construct, resilience a requires a multimethod and multilevel study design that combines both qualitative and quantitative techniques to be examined satisfactorily. Seven selected studies are discussed in detail, highlighting examples that offer a fuller understanding of resilience in its sociocultural and ecological context.
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U2 - 10.1080/15325020600945962
DO - 10.1080/15325020600945962
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:33847644084
SN - 1532-5024
VL - 12
SP - 127
EP - 143
JO - Journal of Loss and Trauma
JF - Journal of Loss and Trauma
IS - 2
ER -