resilience personal_presentation V _headquarters - NO NOTES
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This document discusses the concept of resilience. It defines resilience as the ability to successfully adapt to challenges and difficulties, and bounce back from hardship. The document outlines four waves of resilience science research, from studying risk factors to understanding protective factors that promote resilience. Some key protective factors discussed include flexibility, problem-solving skills, finding meaning, social support, cultivating positive emotions, self-awareness, and physical well-being. The document advocates that resilience is not a trait but can be developed through strengthening these adaptive capacities. It encourages readers to reflect on individuals they know who have demonstrated resilience and ways to enhance their own resilience.
resilience personal_presentation V _headquarters - NO NOTES
- 2. Key work experiences Projects Laboratory of Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology, McLean Hospital, Boston, USA Collaborated in a longitudinal study exploring the clinical, educational and occupational outcomes of a group of high-risk individuals into adulthood. London South Bank University, London, UK Associate Lecturer: teaching and supervision for the MSc Mental Heath Nursing. Amanda Comoretto comoretto@gmail. com / Mobile: +34 618171735 Health psychologist: 15 years experience investigating work stress and processes of psychological resilience development in children and adults alike. Collaborations with hospitals, universities, companies and organisations. A longitudinal study on resilience development: an investigation on a group of humanitarian aid workers observed over time, with a special focus on the way their levels of resilience increased/decreased following humanitarian missions. Child physical and sexual abuse in two clinical samples: an investigation on processes of resilience development in abused children. An evaluation of children and adolescents victims of domestic violence: a synthesis of key areas of psychological assessment in children and adolescents exposed to domestic violence. PhD Psychology, London South Bank University, London, UK Master (MSc) Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK BSc Psychology and Sociology, Bath University, Bath, UK Skills Research Teaching Corporate training Cultural diversity Project management Written and oral: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian Education Services Workshops Seminars Corporate events Team building Research/Consulting
- 3. Your own example Think of someone you believe has shown resilience in his or her life… 3
- 5. A basic definition of resilience Doing okay or recovering well after exposure to challenges that threaten function or development 5
- 6. A broader definition of resilience …the capacity of a system to adapt successfully to disturbances that threaten its stability, viability, or development. (Masten, 2014) 6 This definition is SCALABLE across levels from the tiniest systems to global systems (Masten, 2014)
- 7. From risk to resilience • Origins of mental illness/effects of adverse life experiences 7 • Study of high-risk individuals: great variation in outcomes • Insight of the pioneers – studying risk is not enough – crucial to study positive processes
- 8. Four Waves of Resilience Science • Who is resilient? What makes a difference? • How do protective factors work? • Can resilience be promoted? • How can levels and sciences be integrated? 8
- 9. The search for protective factors What matters for resilience? 9 – In the person – In relationships – In the culture and community – In the physical environment – In the society – Globally …
- 10. Your own example, again… You probably considered someone… • who experienced adversity • but still managed to do okay
- 11. Your own example, again… 11 To study resilience in human development, scientists do much the same thing… …but in more systematic ways
- 12. Two judgements 12 RISK ADAPTATION Trauma Achievement Neglect Mental health Poverty Physical health War Happiness
- 13. Remember… • Humans are living systems – Developing and changing all the time – Interacting with many other systems that are also changing 13 • Your own resilience is highly interdependent on many other layers of systems and how they’re operating
- 15. Is resilience a trait? • No! – but individual differences matter 15 • The danger of blaming the victim – The myth of the “right stuff”
- 16. Is there a price for resilience? • Scars – The price of adversity, not resilience 16 • Trade-offs – Short-term survival can compromise long-term success • Positive achievements – The strain and effort of overcoming adversity
- 17. Is there a time limit on resilience? • Short- and long-term perspectives 17 • Is recovery that takes a long time still a form of manifested resilience?
- 18. On a cautionary note… • No person or system is invulnerable • Renewable and exhaustible • More than one path for resilience
- 19. Resilience is the ability to successfully sail through changes and challenges, and to bounce back following periods of hardship 19
- 20. So… What can we do to become more resilient?
- 21. Resilience-enhancing abilities 21 1. Flexibility 2. Problem-solving 3. Meaning-making 4. Social support 5. Positive emotions 6. Emotional management 7. Self-insight 8. Care of body
- 22. 1. Increase flexibility The ability to stay in a situation even when it is not clear, without trying to find a solution at all costs 22 Pragmatic idealism
- 23. The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. (Japanese proverb) 23
- 24. 24 Attempt to be as flexible as a bamboo
- 25. 2. Reinforce problem-solving The ability to make do with whatever you have at hand… to improvise solutions to problems without adequate tools 25 •Situations are challenge, not a threat •Imperfect/partial solutions •Learning on-the-go
- 26. 26 Try to be more resourceful
- 27. The ability to work in a linear way with one’s own most relevant individual values 3. Meaning-making
- 28. 28 Look for the hidden meaning in everything you do
- 29. 4. Cultivate social support The ability to build and rely on a supportive social network 29
- 30. 30 Because we are social beings and we need belonging to a group Because the people we love can help us overcome adversity
- 32. 5. Enhance positive emotions • Joy • Sense of humour • Optimism 32 The ability to fill your life with positive emotions
- 33. Martin Seligman Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better. 33
- 34. 34 Strive to be positive, no matter what
- 35. 6. Improve emotional management The ability to manage intense emotions 35 • Mindfulness meditation • Cognitive restructuring • Delay of emotional expression
- 36. 36 Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. M. Csikszentmihalyi
- 37. 37 Manage your emotions: yes, there are techniques!
- 38. 7. Focus on self-insight 38 The ability to know oneself • Strengths • Weaknesses • Values
- 39. 39 Do not be afraid to find out what you are really made of
- 40. 8. «Mens sana in corpore sano» • Healthy eating patterns • Enough sleep • Exercise • Hobbies 40 The ability to look after your body
- 41. 41 Look after your physical wellbeing
- 42. Practical advice 42 • Cultivate mental flexibility • Act when confronted with adversity • Share problems/worries with family members • Learn how to laugh more • Manage negative emotions • Engage in fun/relaxing activities • Acknowledge your limits • Eat and sleep enough, if possible! • Exercise, practice mindfulness meditation
- 43. “Ordinary magic” • No rare/special resources/protections • Common adaptive systems working well 43
- 44. • Resilience is all around us • Many paths • Support/promotion 44 Take home…
- 45. 45 http://vimeo.com/72363044 JuanJo Mendez and the PIRATES TEAM