Resilience Research

The survivors essentially work better in these ‘crisis modes’ and it helps to mask the underlining issues of what they have suppressed. Most health issues that have been apparent in these situations have been sexual, eating, anxiety, and personality disorders, as well as issues with depression and suicidal behavior among just a few to name. (Kezelman, 2014) This article believes that you have to understand what happened and how it relates to the survivor in order for one to lead a normal life. If a survivor negates the abuse and the issues that they typically higher chance of having a mental issues and are more likely to commit crimes as juveniles and adults.

In order to develop resilience children and young people need firm foundations including; Trusting relationships, Structure and rules ,Good role models,

I picked the first choice as my action step to improve my emotional resilience, which is written down a list of my strengths and attempt to do something that challenges me. What I did is written down a list my strengths in a paper and then try to talk to strangers who have totally different background and culture with me. Since English is my second language, I always keep silence to avoid making mistakes and feel uncomfortable showing my thinking to other, especially to a stranger. Talking to a stranger would be a great opportunity for me to build self-confidence and become more comfortable in a new environment or in a new culture. Last week, I tried to have conversations with about 10 people who were randomly picked in

Sexual violence can cause a survivor to have psychological, emotional, and physical effects. These effects aren't easy to cope with or

“Traumatic losses, manmade and natural, test the resilience of those who experience them. How individuals react to national crises and traumatic events, and the factors that promote resilience or increase the risk for problems following trauma” (National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). It is very important to know how to work with traumatized patients and what their needs are. Traumatized can affect many people in many different ways. A traumatized patient may experience a situation that was very troubled for them but may not be for others. Here we will talk about the specific needs and methods used to communicate effectively with a patient who is experiencing trauma in their life.

Children have the ability to be resilient on their own, however it is brought out by life experiences where coping is necessary such as social vulnerability, severe maltreatment, and aversive events.

In the article, ‘Resilience in the Face of Potential Trauma,” written by George A. Bonanno, we learn about the resiliency of humans when they are faced with potentially traumatic events. Originally, it was thought that resiliency was an outcome of favorable factors in a person’s life such as supportive relationships. In Bonanno’s first conclusion, he discusses how individuals who experienced a potentially traumatic event are distressed or struggle for a short period of time keep functioning effectively. In his second conclusion, we learn that resilience is the most frequent outcome following a potentially traumatic event. In one study that he conducted, he observed middle aged individuals who had lost their spouses and discovered that more

With the push for mental health services to seek out proactive methods in building resilience and preventing psychopathology, research studies on the interplay between resilience and psychopathology materialize. This particular study analyzes the role that resilience interplays between coping (approach and avoidance) and psychopathology (anxiety, depression, anger and aggression) (p. 1). To understand mediational role of resilience between coping and psychopathology, the link between coping and pathology, as well as coping and resilience, must be defined. When the coping process is a positive approach, then the issue is dealt with logically and directly, thus fostering resilience. However, when the coping process is a negative avoidance

Claire Burke Draucker , Donna S. Martsolf , Cynthia Roller , Gregory Knapik , Ratchneewan Ross & Andrea Warner Stidham (2011) Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Theoretical Model, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 20:4, 435-466, DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2011.588188

Unfortunately, everyone one will experience some form of traumatic occurrences during their lifespan (death, car accident, or sexual assault). The effects of these occurrences often cause physical, emotional, and physiological damage; therefore, these individual must seek proper treatment from qualified health or public service professional such as the following: Chaplain, pastors, counselors, police (civilian or military) and other supporting organization. This assistance is detrimental to an individual/victim overall well-being. The main goal for these professional is the return the individual/victim to a resilience stage or normalcy. Each professional use different method based on their profession to assist each client. As we are uniquely designed, all method used by these professional will carry different strength and weakness especially when assisting victims of sexual assault. I have listed below some vital health and public service professional along with their strengths and weakness:

Thank you for your service as a police officer. I could not imagine the difficulty, I would have working my way through some of the descriptions in your post. Resilience would definitely play a large part in making it through each day. I have never been around your line of work. Usually it is pretty quiet where I live, but if I had to imagine being an officer instead of being in my current line of work, I would have to do a major overhaul to my resilience. It would be something I had never prepared myself for, so I would have to work through the unbearable stress and anxiety that I would have. Eventually, I feel I would emerge with the resilience that would be required of me, but it would be a rough journey.

The client shows resilience from her childhood until adulthood while feeling constantly attacked by her family and friends.

Rape and sexual assault can have a devastating impact on an individual and increase his or her likelihood of being a victim once again. These victims experience lasting trauma and symptoms. For example, many victims experience anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, guilt, self-blame, and other symptoms (Herman, 1997). In order to try to deal with these symptoms and others, some turn to suicide and others turn to substance abuse to try to numb the pain. Victims need support and ample resources to be able to appropriately respond to their situations. When they do not seek support, change the situation that made them vulnerable in the first place, or fight back during the attack, they are more likely to experience repeat victimization.

The resiliency quiz and article suggest that resiliency is innate to most people. No matter the challenges, we all have the capacity for resiliency building. As Social Workers we will encounter individuals who may need assistance in recognizing, building and maintaining resilience. this powerful self-assessment tool does an effective job of highlighting areas of resilience and resiliency builders.

Resilience in an individual refers to successful adaptation, despite the risk and adversity. The manner in which Matson 2004 defines resilience is very clear to me, as I can relate and reflect this to one particular girl that resided in the care centre I worked. Throughout the young girl's childhood, she developed an insecure and ambivalent attachment to both her parents, as a result of their hectic lifestyle of substance misuse. At a young age her father died from the HIV viruses, which lead her mother in becoming depressed and profoundly dependant on drugs. Due to the mother's dependency, she was unable to respond accordingly to the girls needs, given very mixed and inconsistent responses. At the age of 10, due to extreme neglect, the young girl was removed from her mothers care and entered the care setting. Over the years the young girl had experienced several placement breakdowns, and at 13 was admitted to a residential centre. During this time she felt both a