Theorizing resilience: critiquing and unbounding a marginalizing concept

Hutcheon, Emily; Lashewicz, Bonnie

doi:10.1080/09687599.2014.934954

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“…Researchers who have studied older women's resilience have proposed conceptual definitions to articulate what they mean by, "resilience" and have also identified factors, constructs and themes related to older women's resilience [7,10,12,13]. Quantitative researchers have asserted that resilience is a multidimensional psychological construct and demonstrated that resilience can be measured.…”

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The fundamental critique of existing conceptual definitions of resilience proposed by disability studies scholars is the how most definitions use normative standards of health and functional status as a basis for judging individuals' resilience [9,10]. Consequently, individuals whose lives don't conform to normative standards of health and functional status [9,10] are assumed to be deficient in or incapable of resilience.…”

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study was also informed by scholars' critiques of definitions of resilience and approaches to studying resilience [9,10]. Specifically, this study follows the direction of disability scholars, who have challenged assumptions about what constitutes resilience and who has legitimate authority to determine if an individual is resilient.…”

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, this study follows the direction of disability scholars, who have challenged assumptions about what constitutes resilience and who has legitimate authority to determine if an individual is resilient. Disability studies scholars' critiques are relevant to investigations of older women's resilience, as changes or decline in health, mobility and physical functioning frequently occur in parallel with aging [9,10].…”

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…By examining older women's resilience, this study aims to recognize older women's strengths and capacity to adapt or positively respond to change, challenges or adversity. This study follows the direction recommended by disability scholars, who have argued for approaches to studying resilience that identify individuals' subjectively constructed definitions of resilience and subjective interpretations of their experiences with adversity [9,10]. Accordingly, a priority that guided the study was to preserve the coherence, conviction and integrity of women's stories and to honor participants as the legitimate experts of their own resilience and as co-creators of new knowledge about older women's resilience.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Aging and Resilience: Older Women’s Responses to Change and Adversity

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2015

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Abstract:The primary objective of the qualitative study was to describe women's resilience in older adulthood according to older women's interpretations of their experiences and the contexts of their lives. Intersectionality and critical feminist gerontology served as theoretical frameworks for examining, interpreting and highlighted the dynamic nature of intersecting identities and the interrelationships between identity and contextual factors. Constructivist grounded theory methodology was used to identify themes that represent older women's subjective interpretations of their experiences with adversity and to construct definitions of resilience based on their experiences. The aspects of identity that women in the study associated with their experiences of adversity and their resilience were age, physical and mental health, marital status and income. Women in the study emphasized how subjective interpretations influenced the meaning they associated with events, circumstances, or changes that accompanied aging and their understanding of the role of identities in those experiences.

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Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Defining Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Resilience practices among a broad spectrum of individuals with physical disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative photo elicitation study

Singh

Battalova

Miller

et al. 2023

Journal Community Psychology

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This community‐based study explored resilience practices among people living with physical disabilities (i.e., stroke, spinal cord injury, and other physical disabilities) during the COVID‐19 pandemic. In this photo elicitation study, during 1:1 interviews, participants shared and described photos that reflected their pandemic‐related experiences. Data were analyzed thematically to identify resilience‐related practices. Our analysis revealed three themes: (1) reflecting on the importance of family, friends, and community (e.g., recalling past memories and strengthening existing connections); (2) engaging in social and recreational activities (e.g., experiencing the outdoors and gardening); and (3) reframing personal contexts and social environment (e.g., adjusting to new social norms and overcoming physical barriers to navigating safely during the pandemic). The resilience that participants identified encompassed not only individual strategies but also family and community supports. Resilience can be fostered through community initiatives that support more equitable responses to health emergencies for people with disabilities.

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Persecution and migration experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other sexual and gender minority asylum seekers

Lasowski,

Moscicki,

Liu

et al. 2023

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) asylum seekers are exposed to high rates of persecution. This study aimed to identify the forms of ill treatment and the impact of these experiences on the mental health of 66 self-identified LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from 24 nations through the analysis of human rights program intakes, sworn declarations, and pro bono forensic psychological evaluation affidavits. The results indicate that participants experienced physical assault (92.4%), harassment and intimidation (84.8%), and sexual assault (56.1%). Psychological sequelae included symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 83.3%), depression (72.7%), and anxiety (57.6%). LGBTQ+ asylum seekers faced additional hazards upon arrival in the United States. Still, these asylum seekers experienced resilience as they leveraged internal and external support. The results can serve to inform clinical professionals about the range and impact of exposures to harm experienced by LGBTQ+ asylum seekers as well as possible strategies for support and advocacy for this diverse community.

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Theorizing resilience: critiquing and unbounding a marginalizing concept

Cited by 52 publications

References 50 publications

Aging and Resilience: Older Women’s Responses to Change and Adversity

Aging and Resilience: Older Women’s Responses to Change and Adversity

Resilience practices among a broad spectrum of individuals with physical disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative photo elicitation study

Persecution and migration experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other sexual and gender minority asylum seekers

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