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Evidence at a glance

Total studies
393
With abstract
48
Meta / Systematic / RCT
2
Highly cited
28
Publication years
1985–2026

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Top studies on Resilience

Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.

  1. Loss, trauma, and human resilience: have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events?

    American Psychologist2008580 influential citations

    Many people are exposed to loss or potentially traumatic events at some point in their lives, and yet they continue to have positive emotional experiences and show only minor and transient disruptions in their ability to function.…

  2. Ordinary magic. Resilience processes in development.

    American Psychologist2001514 influential citations

    The study of resilience in development has overturned many negative assumptions and deficit-focused models about children growing up under the threat of disadvantage and adversity. The most surprising conclusion emerging from studies of…

  3. The construct of resilience: a critical evaluation and guidelines for future work.

    Child Development2000511 influential citations

    This paper presents a critical appraisal of resilience, a construct connoting the maintenance of positive adaptation by individuals despite experiences of significant adversity. As empirical research on resilience has burgeoned in recent…

  4. Psychosocial resilience and protective mechanisms.

    American Journal of Orthopsychiatry1987427 influential citations

    The concept of mechanisms that protect people against the psychological risks associated with adversity is discussed in relation to four main processes: reduction of risk impact, reduction of negative chain reactions, establishment and…

  5. Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness

    American Journal of Community Psychology2008343 influential citations

    Communities have the potential to function effectively and adapt successfully in the aftermath of disasters. Drawing upon literatures in several disciplines, we present a theory of resilience that encompasses contemporary understandings of…

  6. The metatheory of resilience and resiliency.

    Journal of Clinical Psychology2002308 influential citations

    Resiliency and resilience theory is presented as three waves of resiliency inquiry. The identification of resilient qualities was the first wave characterized through phenomenological identification of developmental assets and protective…

  7. Adolescent resilience: a framework for understanding healthy development in the face of risk.

    Annual Review of Public Health2005209 influential citations

    Adolescent resilience research differs from risk research by focusing on the assets and resources that enable some adolescents to overcome the negative effects of risk exposure. We discuss three models of resilience-the compensatory,…

  8. Psychometric analysis and refinement of the Connor-davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC): Validation of a 10-item measure of resilience.

    Journal of traumatic stress2007200 influential citations

    Resilience refers to an individual's ability to thrive despite adversity. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Three undergraduate samples (ns < 500) were used to…

  9. Development and psychometric evaluation of the Resilience Scale.

    Journal of nursing measurement1993200 influential citations

    This study describes the development and initial psychometric evaluation of the 25-item Resilience Scale (RS) in a sample of 810 community-dwelling older adults. Principal components factor analysis of the RS was conducted followed by…

  10. The construct of resilience: implications for interventions and social policies.

    Development and psychopathology2000200 influential citations

    The focus of this article is on the interface between research on resilience-a construct representing positive adaptation despite adversity--and the applications of this work to the development of interventions and social policies. Salient…

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