I. Resilience at Many Levels of Analysis 1. Resilience: A
New Definition of Health for People and Communities, Alex J.
Zautra, John Stuart Hall, and Kate E. MurrayII. Basic Dimensions
of Resilience A. Biological Dimensions of Resilience 2.
Psychobiological Mechanisms of Resilience to Stress, Adriana Feder,
Eric J. Nestler, Maren Westphal, and Dennis S. Charney 3. Genes and
Environments: How They Work Together to Promote Resilience, Kathryn
Lemery-ChalfantB. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Models of
Resilience 4. Positive Emotions as a Basic Building Block of
Resilience in Adulthood, Anthony D. Ong, C. S. Bergeman, and
Sy-Miin Chow 5. Personal Intelligence and Resilience: Recovery in
the Shadow of Broken Connections, John D. Mayer and Michael A.
Faber 6. The Resilient Personality, Andrew E. Skodol 7. Resilience
in Response to Loss, Kathrin Boerner and Daniela Jopp 8.
Psychopathology as Dysfunctional Self-Regulation: When Resilience
Resources Are Compromised, Paul Karoly 9. Self-Complexity: A Source
of Resilience?, Eshkol Rafaeli and Atara Hiller 10. Anchored by
Faith: Religion as a Resilience Factor, Kenneth I. Pargament and
Jeremy CummingsC. Resilience across the Lifespan 11.
Resilience over the Lifespan: Developmental Perspectives on
Resistance, Recovery, and Transformation, Ann S. Masten and
Margaret O’Dougherty Wright 12. Early Adversity and Resilience in
Emerging Adulthood, Linda J. Luecken and Jenna L. Gress 13.
Resilience to Potential Trauma: Toward a Lifespan Approach, Anthony
D. Mancini and George A. BonannoD. Social Dimensions of
Resilience 14. Resilience in Adolescence: Overcoming
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Marc A. Zimmerman and Allison B. Brenner
15. Social Support and Growth Following Adversity, Vicki S.
Helgeson and Lindsey LopezE. Organizational and Public Policy
Dimensions of Resilience
16. Building Organizational Resilience and Adaptive Management,
Janet Denhardt and Robert Denhardt
17. Indicators of Community Resilience: What Are They, Why Bother?,
John Stuart Hall and Alex J. ZautraIII. Ethnic and Cultural
Dimensions of Resilience 18. Cultural Adaptation and
Resilience: Controversies, Issues, and Emerging Models, Felipe
González Castro and Kate E. Murray 19. Cultural Dimensions of
Resilience among Adults, Michael UngarIV. Interventions for
Enhancing Resilience 20. The Emergence of Capacity-Building
Programs and Models of Resilience, Martha Kent and Mary C. Davis
21. Boosting Happiness, Buttressing Resilience: Results from
Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions, Sonja Lyubomirsky and
Matthew D. Della Porta 22. Positive Affect at the Onset of Chronic
Illness: Planting the Seeds of Resilience, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz
23. Asset-Based Strategies for Building Resilient Communities, John
P. Kretzmann 24. Health in a New Key: Fostering Resilience through
Philanthropy, Roger A. Hughes
John W. Reich, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University (ASU). His work has focused on the application of social psychological concepts in understanding societal issues and the development of interventions for improving individuals' well-being. Dr. Reich and the other two coeditors are members of the ASU Resilience Solutions Group, which was the source of the development of this handbook. Alex J. Zautra, PhD, is Foundation Professor of Clinical Psychology at ASU. His research, clinical work, teaching, and publications explore fundamental mind–body issues such as the role of positive emotion in health and the sources of resilience within the person that restore health and well-being following challenges from stressors at home, at work, and in community life. Dr. Zautra's current research focuses on resilience to chronic pain and resilience as people age. John Stuart Hall, PhD, is Professor of Public Affairs and Public Service at ASU. A founder and former Director of ASU's School of Public Affairs and its Center for Urban Studies, and Project Director of over 40 large-scale funded and often interdisciplinary urban research projects, Dr. Hall has specialized in linking the University with pressing community public policy and governance issues. His current research interests include building resilience in communities and urban regions, and healthy aging.
"Framed brilliantly, this book is the mother lode of scientific
knowledge on a profoundly important topic. The editors recognize
that understanding why some individuals prevail in the face of
adversity--and even flourish--must encompass numerous influences,
from personal qualities to social networks and communities.
Importantly, the final section presents resilience-promoting
interventions designed to build the strengths required to surmount
major life difficulties. It will be the definitive source on adult
resilience for years to come."--Carol D. Ryff, PhD, Director,
Institute on Aging, and Professor of Psychology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
"Resilience is a psychological concept that has excited many
investigators and practitioners, but it has been difficult to
define clearly or measure reliably. This handbook gathers together
the clearest thinkers in the field to tackle this idea from
biological, emotional, cognitive, developmental, social, and even
policy perspectives. There is no other book available with this
kind of reach, and it should be on the shelf of anyone
contemplating research on resilience or for whom the idea of
resilience helps to organize clinical and community-based
interventions. This volume includes a fabulous group of
contributors writing at the cutting edge of the field."--Peter
Salovey, PhD, Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, Yale
University
"Scholars and students alike will find the Handbook of Adult
Resilience to be invaluable. Simply stated, this is the most
important book to date on the topic of resilience."--John T.
Cacioppo, PhD, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service
Professor and Director, Center for Cognitive and Social
Neuroscience, University of Chicago
- The book's value lies in its evidence-based consideration of
resilience across a range of domains and at many levels of
analysis....The book is well organized, coherent, and accessible.
Also, the concept of resilience travels well across subject
boundaries, providing obvious linkages between seemingly disparate
topics. The book's holistic approach fills a big gap in the
literature and it should prove a valuable resource for students,
researchers, practitioners, and policy makers with theoretical or
applied interest in this fascinating and increasingly important
topic. --The Psychologist, 4/4/2012ƒƒ The coverage of topics is
comprehensive, and the organization of the book is useful to the
reader in that there is a logical sequence going from the
individual (biologic) to the social....It covers a wide range of
topics on resilience, including not only resilience of individuals
but also of communities and neighborhoods, and even cities. It
raises issues and future research concerns, and the chapters are
well written, with fluidity and authority. Furthermore, whereas
most of the literature on resilience so far has been on children,
this is the first handbook to focus on resilience in individuals of
adult age, which makes it an important addition to the
literature....Highly recommended to a wide variety of individuals,
from academic and practicing psychologists to social workers,
physicians, stress researchers, sociologists, occupational
therapists, community workers, and many others interested in
understanding the development of healthy personas and in helping
individuals coping with loss and adversity. --PsycCRITIQUES,
4/4/2012ƒƒ“Provid[es] readers with a thorough, thoughtful, and
varied treatise of psychological resilience in
adulthood....Laudably, the volume includes perspectives that run
the gamut of the behavioral sciences, including biological,
cognitive, behavioral, and social psychology, as well as applied
sub-disciplines spanning organizational, cultural, and health
contexts. Such heterogeneity is very much a strength of the present
volume….The volume contains several freestanding allusions to
intriguing research findings and insightful observations, which
further enhance the readers’ experience….The volume represents a
hugely valuable resource for researchers and policy-makers
interested in notions of resilience and their applicability to
real-life contexts. The editors have successfully captured the
vibrancy and diversity of this research area, and have certainly
laid convincing groundwork for a case to be made that resilience
research represents a coherent and viable
subdiscipline-in-waiting.”--Journal of Positive Psychology,
3/1/2012
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