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      The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

      1 , 2 , 3
      Child Development
      Wiley

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          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 years, criticisms have been levied at work in this area. These critiques have generally focused on ambiguities in definitions and central terminology; heterogeneity in risks experienced and competence achieved by individuals viewed as resilient; instability of the phenomenon of resilience; and concerns regarding the usefulness of resilience as a theoretical construct. We address each identified criticism in turn, proposing solutions for those we view as legitimate and clarifying misunderstandings surrounding those we believe to be less valid. We conclude that work on resilience possesses substantial potential for augmenting the understanding of processes affecting at-risk individuals. Realization of the potential embodied by this construct, however, will remain constrained without continued scientific attention to some of the serious conceptual and methodological pitfalls that have been noted by skeptics and proponents alike.

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          Journal
          Child Development
          Child Development
          Wiley
          0009-3920
          1467-8624
          January 28 2003
          May 2000
          January 28 2003
          May 2000
          : 71
          : 3
          : 543-562
          Affiliations
          [1 ]Department of Human Development, Teachers College, Columbia University,
          [2 ]Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester,
          [3 ]Teachers College, Columbia University
          Article
          10.1111/1467-8624.00164
          670fbdfc-767b-4345-976d-3cd10b10a2e0
          © 2000

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