Toward a Definition of Family Resilience: Integrating Life-Span and Family Perspectives

Family resilience is a relatively new construct that describes how families adapt to stress and bounce back from adversity. Literature pertaining to resilience as a family‐level variable is reviewed. An overview of the developmental psychopathology literature dealing with individual resilience is al...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Family process 1996-09, Vol.35 (3), p.283-298
Hauptverfasser:	Hawley, Dale R., DeHaan, Laura
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Biological and medical sciences Couple and family Definitions Family Family - psychology Family Health Family Research Family Therapy Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Life Change Events Life Cycle Methodology (Philosophical) Models, Psychological Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Psychopathology Risk Factors Self Concept Social psychology Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
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Zusammenfassung:	Family resilience is a relatively new construct that describes how families adapt to stress and bounce back from adversity. Literature pertaining to resilience as a family‐level variable is reviewed. An overview of the developmental psychopathology literature dealing with individual resilience is also presented. Implications for extending the study of family resilience drawn from research on individual resilience are discussed and a definition of family resilience is proposed.
ISSN:	0014-7370 1545-5300
DOI:	10.1111/j.1545-5300.1996.00283.x