How does social support enhance resilience in the trauma-exposed individual?

Although most resilience science has focused on individual-level psychosocial factors that promote individual resilience, theorists and researchers have begun to examine neurobiological and systems-level factors implicated in resilience. In this commentary we argue that the development of effective...

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Main Authors: Lauren M. Sippel, Robert H. Pietrzak, Dennis S,. Charney, Linda C. Mayes, Steven M. Southwick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2015-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss4/art10/
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Summary:Although most resilience science has focused on individual-level psychosocial factors that promote individual resilience, theorists and researchers have begun to examine neurobiological and systems-level factors implicated in resilience. In this commentary we argue that the development of effective interventions to enhance resilience necessitates understanding that resilience in the individual is dependent on multiple layers of society. Further, we suggest that there is a bidirectional relationship between systems-level resilience (i.e., resilience of romantic partners, family members, neighborhoods, and larger social contexts) and individual resilience. We suggest directions for future research and interventions, with the goal of stimulating research efforts that address these questions among trauma-exposed individuals.
ISSN:1708-3087