Resilience training for functioning adults: program description and preliminary findings from a pilot investigation.
It has previously been asserted that the construct of resilience holds great promise for diverse high-risk populations and that resilience may be an attribute that can be acquired through training. A rich body of literature suggests the strengths that comprise resilience. This paper describes a resilience training program based upon the identified strengths of resilience and provides additional preliminary data from a pilot investigation which lend support to the idea that resilience can be acquired through training. Suggestions for future research are provided.
University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, USA. glenn@umd.edu
Glenn R
GR
Schiraldi
Theresa K
TK
Jackson
Stephen L
SL
Brown
Jessica B
JB
Jordan
D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D014481:United States