title: Social ecological complexity and resilience processes.
abstract: A social ecological model of resilience avoids the reductionism of simple explanations of the complex and multisystemic processes associated with well-being in contexts of adversity. There is evidence that when stressors are abnormally high, environmental factors account for more of an individual's resilience than do individual traits or cognitions. In this commentary, a social ecological model of resilience is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Resilience Research Centre,Dalhousie University,Halifax,Nova Scotia B3H 4R2,Canada.michael.ungar@dal.cawww.resilienceresearch.org.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ungar
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012931:Social Environment