Social ecology of resilience : addressing contextual and cultural ambiguity of a nascent construct

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dc.contributor.authorUngar, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-22T16:14:53Z
dc.date.available2013-08-22T16:14:53Z
dc.date.copyright2011
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractMore than two decades after E. E. Werner and R. S. Smith (1982), N. Garmezy (1983), and M. Rutter (1987) published their research on protective mechanisms and processes that are most likely to foster resilience, ambiguity continues regarding how to define and operationalize positive development under adversity. This article argues that, because resilience occurs even when risk factors are plentiful, greater emphasis needs to be placed on the role social and physical ecologies play in positive developmental outcomes when individuals encounter significant amounts of stress. Four principles are presented as the basis for an ecological interpretation of the resilience construct: decentrality, complexity, atypicality, and cultural relativity. These 4 principles, and the research upon which they are based, inform a definition of resilience that emphasizes the environmental antecedents of positive growth. This framework can guide future theory development, research, and the design of interventions that promote well-being among populations who experience environments that inhibit resilience-promoting processes.en
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dc.identifier.citationUngar, M. (2011). The Social Ecology of Resilience: Addressing Contextual and Cultural Ambiguity of a Nascent Construct. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 81(1), 1-17.doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01067.xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/51535
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sonsen
dc.subjectSOCIAL ECOLOGYen
dc.subjectRESILIENCEen
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTen
dc.subjectADVERSITYen
dc.subjectADAPTATION--PSYCHOLOGICALen
dc.subjectSTRESSen
dc.titleSocial ecology of resilience : addressing contextual and cultural ambiguity of a nascent constructen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderAmerican Orthopsychiatric Association
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idrc.project.componentnumber104518015
idrc.project.componentnumber104518016
idrc.project.componentnumber104518017
idrc.project.number104518
idrc.project.titleInternational Community-University Research Alliance Program (ICURA)en
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