A Report from the Kauai Longitudinal Study

Werner, Emmy Ε.; Smith, Ruth S.

doi:10.1016/s0002-7138(09)61044-x

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“…The study followed its subjects for 32 years, recording how each participant handled failures and adversities in their lives and how successful they ultimately became. Research has isolated key factors of what made someone better adjusted, more resilient, and more successful than those who struggled (Werner, 1995;Werner & Smith, 1979). The study showed that some people, despite having very unfavourable starting conditions, manage to keep their lives in check.…”

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“…What was found along the way is that people labelled as resilient and successful were described by their mothers as children as "active, affectionate, clingy and friendly". The opinion of independent observers for the same two-year-old children included terms such as "pleasant, cheerful, friendly, open and sociable" (Werner & Smith, 1979). Resilient individuals were more integrated in social play with children of the same age, willingly helped other children who needed help, and could ask for help for themselves when needed.…”

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How Resilience Influences the Organisational Success. Theoretical Perspectives on Employee and Managerial Resilience

Cojocaru

2022

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In the context of a global public health crisis, but also of an unprecedented economic, social and humanitarian crisis that created systemic tensions not only in terms of global governance, but also in the business environment, the paper analyses from a theoretical point of view how an organization can be successful in the long term in its field of activity by conducting a literature review involving recent behavioural studies. Success is analysed from the perspective of the people who make up the organization, people suitable for the activity they carry out, willing to adapt to the organizational environment and work synergistically, who contribute to increasing the resilience of the organization in which they operate. A first objective of the research consists in investigating the valences of the term resilience. In this sense, the authors seek to identify whether resilience is a property, or a sum of characteristics, whether it can be influenced or not. The second objective is to identify a model of good practices that the resilient manager can implement in the company, regardless of the offer that the internal and external environment presents to the company over time. This article will briefly highlight the results of the theoretical analysis of the concept of resilience (at the relational level, the resilience of the employee and the manager) in the long-term operation of a company in the business environment.

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How Resilience Influences the Organisational Success. Theoretical Perspectives on Employee and Managerial Resilience

Cojocaru

2022

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“…She studied a multiracial cohort of 698 infants born in 1955 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Werner and Smith's (1979) classic longitudinal study traced the developmental paths of children and monitored the impact of risk factors such as perinatal stress, chronic poverty, and a family environment troubled by chronic discord and parental psychopathology. Its major findings show that one-third of the children who had four or more risk factors during their childhood, were doing fine by adolescence whereas, by the age of 32, two-thirds of the children who did develop problems during adolescence were leading successful adult lives (Werner, 1993;Werner, 1989;Werner, 2005).…”

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“…Also, even under the most severe life circumstances, there are children who not only survive, but "overcome the odds" and actually prosper. Several studies establish the fact that some children develop well despite their extreme adversities, manage to survive and a few even thrive being strengthened by their adverse experiences (Masten, 2001;Ungar, 2005;Luthar, 1991;Werner, 1989;Werner & Smith, 1979).…”

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Resilience, Refugee Children and Children’s Rights

Lekkai¹

2019

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In the light of recent world facts, there has been growing attention paid to refugee minors who, fleeing from violence, war, poverty and climate change, or seeking better opportunities, hope to reach safety in Europe. Challenging life experiences such as war, violence, forced displacement, etc., can potentially threaten children's development. However, many succeed in turning their lives around and develop well despite such negative circumstances. Refugee children, often overlooked by immigration laws and policy makers, prove to be a particularly resilient group, very resourceful in mechanisms for overcoming life adversities. By taking this understanding of refugee minors as a starting point, this article provides an overview of research in the field of resilience, aiming to discuss the implications that tie refugee minors' well-being to the human and children's rights obligations that society bears towards them. The article concludes that there is an urgent need for interventions and programs which target factors that promote refugee children's resilience in their design and implementation, informed by current knowledge of refugee children's life and cultural background, and their self-ratings of negative and positive life events. The standards defined by human and children's rights instruments and equity regarding children's rights to achieve a good life should be a matter to be taken seriously for all children worldwide.

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“…Academics began theorizing about the concept of resilience during the mid-20th century, with particularly influential writing coming from Werner and Smith's research in developmental psychology conducted on the island of Kaua'i (Werner et al, 1971;Werner & Smith, 1979). Their work was part of a longitudinal study in which researchers followed 698 individuals born on the Hawaiian island over the course of their lives, reporting at multiple time points on participants' economic, functional, health and psychosocial outcomes (Werner & Smith, 2001)-with the first publication arising from this study reporting the baseline sociodemographic and community health status on the "Garden Isle" shortly before their birth (Yerushalmy et al, 1956).…”

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How is resilience conceptualized and operationalized in occupational therapy and occupational science literature? Protocol for a scoping review

Turner

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Cad. Bras. Ter. Ocup.

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Introduction Resilience is a commonly discussed term describing the ability to overcome, adapt to, or cope with stressful/disruptive events. Although researchers and practitioners define resilience in diverse ways – e.g., psychological or disaster resilience – the concept fundamentally encompasses perseverance through adversity. As experts in the interplay between individuals, environments, and occupations, occupational therapists and occupational scientists have great potential to understand and enable resilience, with some similar concepts appearing in occupational theories (e.g., occupational adaptation). However, there are no published reviews of resilience in the occupation-focused literature. Objective We will explore how resilience is conceptualized and operationalized in the occupational therapy and occupational science research literature. Method Guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology, we will search library databases and other sources for relevant records. Two team members will screen records for inclusion, with discrepancies settled by a third person. We will include English-language literature (including research papers, editorials, dissertations, etc.) published since 1990 which 1) contains the word root ‘resilien*’ and 2) is occupation focused, according to our criteria (occupational therapist/occupational scientist co-authors or research participants; and/or published in occupation-focused periodical). We will report key information of included literature, such as methodology and resilience theories discussed. Results Our study is ongoing at the time of publication; this manuscript reports its protocol without results. Conclusion Findings will be useful for clinicians and researchers looking for occupational conceptualizations of resilience. From a social justice perspective, our review may highlight evidence that occupational engagement can foster resilience among marginalized communities.

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A Report from the Kauai Longitudinal Study

Cited by 50 publications

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How Resilience Influences the Organisational Success. Theoretical Perspectives on Employee and Managerial Resilience

How Resilience Influences the Organisational Success. Theoretical Perspectives on Employee and Managerial Resilience

Resilience, Refugee Children and Children’s Rights

How is resilience conceptualized and operationalized in occupational therapy and occupational science literature? Protocol for a scoping review

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