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We are interested in investigating what lies at the intersection between the individual and the context. And we are also interested in how can we develop sucessful resilience training that will account for individual differences, identity-related factors and contextual factors?
Some of our research questions are:
- What are the individual protective factors that promote resilience?
- To what extent do those factors become more or less relevant depending on the type of stressors and the context?
- What are the identity-related factors that promote or compromise resilience?
- When are resilience tools effective?
Aligned with our research aim, we follow Robertson and Cooper (2015) recommendation of using a a comprehensive definition of psychological resilience as ‘the role of mental processes and behavior in promoting personal assets and protecting an individual from the potential negative effect of stressors’ (Fletcher & Sarkar, 2012, p. 675;2013, p. 16). This definition captures aspects of both trait and process conceptualisations of resilience (cf. Fletcher & Sarkar, 2012, 2013).
FINDINGS FROM OUR PREVIOUS RESEARCH
- Vigor and vitality predict resilience.
- Self-compassion predicts resilience
- Being comfortable with uncertainty predicts resilience
- Mindfulness predicts resilience
- Identifying with a Mindful group predicts resilience
Findings 1 & 2 are from unpublished studies but have been consistently found in the resilience literature
Finding 3 has been replicated across 4 unpublished studies
Findings 4 & 5 were found in two separate studies in the Kenyan Prison context (Adarves-Yorno, et al., 2020)