Seeking an explanatory model for resilience: a personal trait or an adaptive developmental process Cover Image

В търсене на обяснителен модел на издръжливостта (resilience): личностна черта или адаптивен развитиен процес?
Seeking an explanatory model for resilience: a personal trait or an adaptive developmental process

Author(s): Katerina Zankova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: resilience; adaptation; positive mental health; well-being; positive emotions

Summary/Abstract: There is a discussion in psychological literature whether psychological resilience must be defined as personal trait (individual’s attribute) or as a dynamic developmental process that reflects positive adjustment in the individual lifespan. These two points of view are probably because the primary research of this construct begins with biographic analyses of children shown remarkable results in spite of the adversarial or unfavorable circumstances in their lives. The paper presents the historical advance of the construct of resilience; it comments on the diversity of explanatory models and upholds our standpoint for resilience as a positive developmental resource for healthful and successful adaptation.