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Frontiers in Resilience Psychology
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Frontiers in Resilience Psychology

A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Psychology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2022) | Viewed by 18980

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

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Department of Psychology, Long Island University Brooklyn, New York, NY 11201, USA
Interests: cultural resilience; community resilience; strength-based approach; multicultural responsiveness; cross-cultural counseling; resilience-based interventions; trauma- informed care; public policy; advocacy; government support
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Prof. Dr. Angela Ofori-Atta

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Interests: professional issues; developing appropriate mental health services in resource poor settings; faith healing in mental health
Prof. Dr. Michele M. Tugade

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Department of Psychological Science, Vassar College, New York 12604, USA
Interests: emotions; resilience; health and well-being
Prof. Dr. Philip S. Wong

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Department of Psychology, Long Island University-Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Interests: anxiety and emotion regulation; ethnic minority psychology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Since its introduction in the social sciences literature, resilience has gained prominence in research and clinical practice. Early resilience research focused on individual qualities that promoted resilience such as motivation, intelligence, and problem-solving capability. As the field developed, more recent research has explored resilience from a contextual perspective. This contextual approach considers individual, family, group, and community resilience within both individual and sociocultural contexts, examining variables such as worldview, community support, and cultural values, among other factors. A contextual perspective incorporates the larger environmental context and in so doing, moves the discussion of resilience away from a focus on individual characteristics that risk a blame the victim mentality (e.g., blaming someone for an outcome with the thought that the individual was not resilient enough). Rather, a contextual approach to resilience examines how sociocultural supports—or a lack of them—influences an ability to cope with adversity. In this time of COVID-19, with extensive loss, isolation, and mental health concerns, this Special Issue seeks to understand how comprehensive, contextual, systemic approaches to resilience can promote coping and decrease trauma. This Special Issue will present innovative, sociocultural, and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding resilience at the start of this third decade of the 21st century. Through transnational contributions, this Special Issue seeks to identify factors that promote well-being and resilience among diverse communities and within the context of a global pandemic. Empirical and theoretical manuscripts that represent a range of disciplines and approaches to resilience from transnational colleagues are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Prof. Dr. Angela Ofori-Atta
Prof. Dr. Michele Tugade
Prof. Dr. Philip S. Wong
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Keywords

  • resilience
  • community
  • global response
  • coping
  • cultural resilience
  • sociocultural factors
  • transnational collaboration

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Resilience among Malaysian Community Pharmacists and General Medical Practitioners Using the 10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC): The First National Survey
by Nahlah Elkudssiah Ismail, Wong Min Hui, Khang Wen Goh, Nanloh Samuel Jimam, Andi Hermansyah and Long Chiau Ming
Behav. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12080272 - 8 Aug 2022
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With the growing importance of the healthcare sector, resilience has become a fundamental personal quality that healthcare professionals need to cultivate to cope with adverse events in daily work. Distress in the workplace cannot only impact the well-being of healthcare professionals but also [...] Read more.
With the growing importance of the healthcare sector, resilience has become a fundamental personal quality that healthcare professionals need to cultivate to cope with adverse events in daily work. Distress in the workplace cannot only impact the well-being of healthcare professionals but also negatively affect the capability to care effectively for others. This study was conducted to determine the score and level of resilience among private primary healthcare professionals and their relationships with independent variables. Sets of questionnaires on resilience based on the Connor–Davidson resilience scale-10 (CD-RISC-10) were completed by 164 general practitioners (GPs) and 87 community pharmacists (CPs). Inferential analysis was used to assess the difference, correlation, association, and predictor among dependent and independent variables. The validity and reliability of the study instrument were assessed using Modern Test Theory (MTT) and Classical Test Theory (CTT). The majority of GPs and CPs possessed the lowest resilience level. There were significant differences between CD-RISC-10 with gender, age, and years of experience in GPs as well as overall. Significant associations were found between CD-RISC-10 with all independent variables, except for the highest education level in GPs and overall. This study revealed significant correlations between independent variables with CD-RISC-10 in GPs and overall. However, there were nonsignificant differences, associations, and correlations among CPs between all independent variables and CD-RISC-10. Gender was the predictor of CD-RISC-10 in GPs, while age and years of experience were the predictors of CD-RISC-10 in GPs and overall. There was no predictor of independent variables for CPs. In multinomial logistics regression, years of experience and gender were the significant predictors of CD-RISC-10 among GPs. The CD-RISC-10 instrument had good validity and reliability. Overall, healthcare professionals showed a low level of resilience. This emphasized the need to cultivate and build resilience, as it is a desirable, important element when working in harsh and unprecedented healthcare settings. Full article
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Exploring Trauma and Resilience among NYS COVID-19 Pandemic Survivors
by Kip V. Thompson, Elizabeth Eder-Moreau, Sara Cunningham, Yuki Yamazaki and Hang-Yi Chen
Behav. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12080249 - 23 Jul 2022
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The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health created the NYS COVID-19 Emotional Support Helpline and enlisted graduate students to provide phone-based emotional support initially to the NYS community. This NYS-funded initiative transformed into providing psychosocial support for callers across the United [...] Read more.
The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health created the NYS COVID-19 Emotional Support Helpline and enlisted graduate students to provide phone-based emotional support initially to the NYS community. This NYS-funded initiative transformed into providing psychosocial support for callers across the United States. Four NYS doctoral students acted as the helpline agents and received 251 individual calls from May–August 2020. The agents documented the calls with clinical notes which cannot be traced back to specific callers. The purpose of this retrospective qualitative study was to explore the themes that emerged from the calls to give voice to the trauma that callers were reporting during the early phases of the pandemic, and the resilience they demonstrated as they engaged with the Helpline. The agents’ clinical transcripts were converted into codes using a critical-constructivist grounded theory approach with the NVIVO qualitative data analysis software. A second research team audited the initial codes for construct clarity. Emergent themes detailed the unique traumas that helpline callers divulged, how the agents provided support, and the callers’ capacities for resilience. Recommendations are suggested to inform clinicians working with pandemic survivors, to offer guidance on providing distance or virtual interventions as well as to enhance policymakers’ understanding of addressing mental health needs across populations served via the NYS COVID-19 Emotional Support Helpline. Full article
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Resiliency with Forced Migrants: A Qualitative Study of Providers and Forced Migrants through a Resilience Perspective
by Nicole Dubus
Behav. Sci. 2022, 12(2), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12020027 - 26 Jan 2022
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In the last ten years, the world has experienced unprecedented, forced migration due to civil unrest, political persecution, and the ever-growing climate crisis. This is a qualitative study of the professional experiences of social workers (n = 73) working with forced migrants [...] Read more.
In the last ten years, the world has experienced unprecedented, forced migration due to civil unrest, political persecution, and the ever-growing climate crisis. This is a qualitative study of the professional experiences of social workers (n = 73) working with forced migrants (n = 34) and the lived experiences of forced migrants in several countries: Germany, Greece, Iceland, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United States. Social workers reported that most of their interventions involved short-term case management that focused on securing initial housing and healthcare. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was the primary intervention for behavioral health issues. The recipients of these services were appreciative of the pragmatic approach of case management as it helped them meet concrete needs. When resiliency enhancing interventions were used, recipients reported a greater sense of self-control, greater optimism for the future, and less anxious symptoms. The resiliency model used is discussed. This is a possible universal approach to working with forced migrants. Full article
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Adolescent Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Impact of the Pandemic on Developmental Milestones
by Erica R. Garagiola, Queenie Lam, Louise S. Wachsmuth, Tse Yen Tan, Samara Ghali, Seth Asafo and Manjari Swarna
Behav. Sci. 2022, 12(7), 220; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12070220 - 1 Jul 2022
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This review explores the literature regarding the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the navigation of developmental milestones among adolescents, specifically those in late adolescence, across several domains of their lives. The exploration is contextualized globally, focusing on five key areas: [...] Read more.
This review explores the literature regarding the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the navigation of developmental milestones among adolescents, specifically those in late adolescence, across several domains of their lives. The exploration is contextualized globally, focusing on five key areas: mental health, physical health, education, peer relationships, and family relationships. Implications for practice and interventions are explored in each key area to provide recommendations for those working with adolescents, as well as future research. The changes brought about by the pandemic and the readjustment to what some have referred to as the “new normalcy” will undoubtedly have lasting effects on all areas of life for this cohort of adolescents, who have shown remarkable resilience navigating this new and unfamiliar world. These changes are synthesized, with the aim to highlight differences and similarities of the shared experiences of the pandemic globally. After exploring the current realities, this chapter goes on to outline the ways in which the experience of such a significant developmental period of one’s life during the COVID-19 pandemic will have an impact on adolescents for years to come. Although it is still impossible to comprehend the long-term effects, in examining proximal effects, we can postulate distal implications and potential future effects, as well as possible ways to mitigate these implications as we transition back to more of what was experienced pre-pandemic life, from a post-pandemic experience. Full article
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