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Psychological resilience according to the American Psychological Association "is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands."[1]
Factors that contribute to how well people adapt to adversities
Factors that contribute to how well people adapt to adversities are:[2]
- The ways in which individuals view and engage with the world
- The availability and quality of social resources
- Specific coping strategies
Dr. Al Siebert on resilience
Dr. Al Siebert (January 21, 1934 - June 25, 2009) was an American author and educator. He was best known for his research on psychological resilience and the inner nature of highly resilient survivors.
Siebert was a former paratrooper wrote the book The Survivor Personality: Why Some People are Stronger, Smarter, and More Skillful at Handling Life’s Difficulties…and How You Can Be, Too. Siebert offers his findings from autobiographies and hundreds of interviews. He interviewed survivors of adversity such as war, cancer, abuse, job loss, and addictions.
A book summary of his book can be found at: Book Summary: The Survivor Personality.
Article by Al Siebert:
- The Resiliency Advantage by Al Siebert, PhD
Videos:
Books:
- The Resiliency Advantage by Al Siebert
- Survivor Personality: Why Some People Are Stronger, Smarter, and More Skillful atHandling Life's Diffi culties...and How You Can Be, Too by Al Siebert
Beyond mere resilience: Thriving in adversity and being antifragile
Book
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
External links
Videos:
- Resiliency - playlist
- Finding meaning in difficult times (Interview with Dr. Viktor Frankl) - Decision/action/freedom/responsibility; Despair = Suffering - Meaning. Meaning - For what purpose is this happening? Ultimate meaning/theology.
- What Makes a Survivor? by Lawrence Gonzalez
See also
External links
- How Resilience Helps You Cope With Life's Challenges, VeryWellMind. com
- Adversity advantage (harnessing adversity for motivation/character development instead of merely trying to cope with it)