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doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.59.1.20.
Loss, trauma, and human resilience: have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events?
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Loss, trauma, and human resilience: have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events?
Am Psychol.
2004 Jan.
Abstract
Many people are exposed to loss or potentially traumatic events at some point in their lives, and yet they continue to have positive emotional experiences and show only minor and transient disruptions in their ability to function. Unfortunately, because much of psychology's knowledge about how adults cope with loss or trauma has come from individuals who sought treatment or exhibited great distress, loss and trauma theorists have often viewed this type of resilience as either rare or pathological. The author challenges these assumptions by reviewing evidence that resilience represents a distinct trajectory from the process of recovery, that resilience in the face of loss or potential trauma is more common than is often believed, and that there are multiple and sometimes unexpected pathways to resilience.
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On hardiness and other pathways to resilience.Am Psychol. 2005 Apr;60(3):261-2; discussion 265-7. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.3.261. Am Psychol. 2005. PMID: 15796684 No abstract available.
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The human capacity for growth through adversity.Am Psychol. 2005 Apr;60(3):262-4; discussion 265-7. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.3.262b. Am Psychol. 2005. PMID: 15796685 No abstract available.
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Has resilience to severe trauma been underestimated?Am Psychol. 2005 Apr;60(3):262; discussion 265-7. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.3.262a. Am Psychol. 2005. PMID: 15796686 No abstract available.
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Conceptual clarifications in the study of resilience.Am Psychol. 2005 Apr;60(3):264-5; discussion 265-7. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.3.264. Am Psychol. 2005. PMID: 15796687 No abstract available.
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Natural resilience and innate mental health.Am Psychol. 2005 Apr;60(3):265; discussion 265-7. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.3.265a. Am Psychol. 2005. PMID: 15796689 No abstract available.
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What is the typical response to sexual assault? Reply to Bonanno (2013).J Trauma Stress. 2013 Jun;26(3):394-6. doi: 10.1002/jts.21804. J Trauma Stress. 2013. PMID: 23737299
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