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<p>Key Facts on Resilience<br>Kara Ballenger-Browning, MPH &amp; Douglas C. Johnson, PhD<br>Naval Center for Combat &amp; Operational Stress Control<br><br>Background<br>Resilience research holds promise for its potential to inform treatment of stress-related pathology. Likewise, a better understanding of the mechanisms that promote resilience can inform training programs aimed at preventing maladaptive responses to trauma (e.g., stress inoculation training). However, the emergence of programs offering methods to make individuals resilient suggests the term may be misunderstood. Resilience as a construct has traditionally lacked a consistent, complete and measurable definition. Such definitional ambiguity has partly contributed to the term being incorrectly applied and as a result, asymptomatic individuals are often deemed resilient. Moreover, what were previously known as treatment and training have been renamed “resilience building.” At best, such relabeling might reduce the stigma of traditional mental health treatment. At worst, an expanding use of the term may confound a growing database of evidence-based factors that really do differentiate those who do bounce back from stress from those who don’t. This paper aims to define resilience and provide a brief review of the literature that highlights the key psychosocial factors and biological markers of resilience.
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<br>Subjects: Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic; NMC San Diego;</div>
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U.S. Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control (NCCOSC)</div>
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