title: Trauma, PTSD, and resilience: a review of the literature.
abstract: Based on the available literature, this review article investigates the issue of resilience in relation to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. Resilient coping to extreme stress and trauma is a multifaceted phenomena characterized as a complex repertoire of behavioral tendencies. An integrative Person x Situation model is developed based on the literature that specifies the nature of interactions among five classes of variables: (a) personality, (b) affect regulation, (c) coping, (d) ego defenses, and (e) the utilization and mobilization of protective factors and resources to aid coping.
authors.affiliation: University of Akron.
authors.forename: Christine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Agaibi
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology