Natural resilience to major life stressors is not as common as thought
Friday, March 18, 2016 - 10:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Natural resilience may not be as common as once thought, research shows, and that when confronted with a major life-altering event many people can struggle considerably and for longer periods of time. The research questions prior claims that resilience is the 'usual' response to major life stressors by looking at longitudinal data in a more nuanced way and making less generalization about the human response to such dramatic events.