Introduction to the special issue on resilience.
This article introduces this special issue on resilience by briefly reviewing its history and how contemporary researchers and theorists deliberate it today. Resilience, as a concept, emerged primarily from the work of Norman Garmezy, Emmy Werner, and Ruth Smith. It has transformed the field and shifted research, theory, and practice paradigms to a focus on strengths rather than deficits.
Johnson
Jeannette L
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Research Center on Children and Youth, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214-3072, USA. jj44@buffalo.edu
Wiechelt
Shelly A
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D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D010553:Personality Development; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic