Health, Risk, and Resilience: Interdisciplinary Concepts and Applications

Panter‐Brick, Catherine

doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-102313-025944

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“…Psychological resilience is therefore both a dynamic process and an outcome that results from individuals being able to interact with their environments to promote mental well-being or protect themselves against the influence of adverse risk factors [20]. In the context of social support, psychological resilience entails the ability to harness key supportive resources, which may be emotional, informational or practical in nature, in order to sustain well-being [21,22]. The outcome of resilience is therefore the result of cumulative protective factors effectively countering cumulative risk factors that an individual is exposed to [23,24].…”

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Social support factors associated with psychological resilience among women survivors of intimate partner violence in Gauteng, South Africa

Machisa

Christofides

Jewkes

2018

Global Health Action

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Background: Women’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) increase their risk for mental ill health. However, some women exposed to IPV and adversity are psychologically resilient and function well despite these exposures. Objectives: We conducted a study to investigate the factors that are associated with psychological resilience among abused women, using data collected in a household survey conducted in Gauteng province of South Africa. Methods: Data is from a cross-sectional study. A multi-stage random sampling approach was used to select a sample of 501 women. The World Health Organization (WHO) Multi-Country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Questionnaire was used to measure lifetime experience of physical and sexual IPV. Only 189 women who had experienced lifetime IPV were included in this secondary analysis. Resilience was measured as scoring below the threshold for the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Other explanatory factors measured included child sexual abuse, non-partner rape, other traumatic life events, social support indicators, binge drinking and socio-demographic variables. Multivariable regression analysis was used to test factors associated with resilience. Results: Forty two percent of women scored below the threshold for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depressive symptoms at the time of the survey and so were categorized as resilient. Social support indicators were associated with increased resilience. Women who perceived that their communities were supportive and they would easily find money in an emergency were more likely to be resilient. Women who binge drank, experienced severe IPV in the past 12 months, received negative reactions to disclosure and utilized medical or psychosocial services were less likely to be resilient. Conclusion: Social support indicators including social connectedness, stronger network ties and perceived supportive communities are key factors in fostering resilience among abused women. Interventions should aim to promote stronger and supportive social networks and increase women’s utilization of formal support services.

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Social support factors associated with psychological resilience among women survivors of intimate partner violence in Gauteng, South Africa

Machisa

Christofides

Jewkes

2018

Global Health Action

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“…However, comparative historical studies can highlight how changing cultural constructions of various groups may facilitate destigmatization, while also revealing the barriers to such social change over time. Gaining a better understanding of this process is crucial to fostering social resilience (Hall and Lamont, 2013; Panter-Brick, 2014). …”

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Destigmatization and health: Cultural constructions and the long-term reduction of stigma

Clair

Daniel

Lamont

2016

Social Science & Medicine

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Research on the societal-level causes and consequences of stigma has rarely considered the social conditions that account for destigmatization, the process by which a group’s worth and status improve. Destigmatization has important implications for the health of stigmatized groups. Building on a robust line of stigma reduction literature in psychology, we develop a sociological framework for understanding how new cultural constructions that draw equivalences and remove blame shape public and structural stigma over time. We examine historical transformations of cultural constructions surrounding three stigmatized groups in the United States: people living with HIV/AIDS, African Americans, and people labeled as obese. By tracing this process across cases, we find that the conditions that account for destigmatization include the credibility of new constructions, the status and visibility of actors carrying these constructions, the conclusiveness of expert knowledge about stigmatized groups, the interaction between new constructions and existing cultural ideologies, and the perceived linked fate of the stigmatized and dominant groups. We also find that the reduction of structural and public forms of stigma often depend on distinct processes and constructions. To conclude, we propose a framework for the comparative study of destigmatization as an essential component of promoting a culture of health.

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“…A social ecological perspective on resilience seeks to identify the context, relationships, and processes that create positive growth, in addition to understanding how agency and resourcefulness allow individuals to seek out necessary resources and call for resources to be provided in culturally meaningful ways (Liebenberg & Ungar, 2009; Ungar, 2011). Thus, resilience researchers must identify when, how, and for whom do specific resources matter (Panter-Brick, 2014) in order to develop effective interventions and social services to maximize positive growth and development (Luthar & Brown, 2007). …”

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The Social Environmental Elements of Resilience Among Vulnerable African American/Black Men Who Have Sex With Men

Buttram

2015

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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Resilience theory has been suggested as a strong framework for research on HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM). Among this population, literature indicates that African American/Black MSM are particularly vulnerable to health and social disparities associated with HIV transmission risk. Conceptualizing resilience as a part of one’s social environment, this qualitative study investigates the specific elements of resilience, and the associated contexts and relationships, among a sample of 21 substance-using African American/Black MSM. Data indicate that: 1) elements contributing to resilience are multiple and co-occurring, including inner strengths, social relationships, diversity of experience, religion/spirituality, altruism, and creativity; 2) as an element of resilience, social support was experienced differently among men who did and did not have supportive relationships with other gay and bisexual men, which has implications for social service provision and intervention approaches; and 3) diversity of experiences and relationships is an important influencing factor on expressions of resilience. Social services or interventions that facilitate the development of these elements of resilience will likely be especially beneficial for vulnerable African American/Black MSM.

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Health, Risk, and Resilience: Interdisciplinary Concepts and Applications

Cited by 178 publications

References 74 publications

Social support factors associated with psychological resilience among women survivors of intimate partner violence in Gauteng, South Africa

Social support factors associated with psychological resilience among women survivors of intimate partner violence in Gauteng, South Africa

Destigmatization and health: Cultural constructions and the long-term reduction of stigma

The Social Environmental Elements of Resilience Among Vulnerable African American/Black Men Who Have Sex With Men

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