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Review
. 2000 Autumn;12(4):857-85.
doi: 10.1017/s0954579400004156.

The construct of resilience: implications for interventions and social policies

S S Luthar  1 , D Cicchetti
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Review

The construct of resilience: implications for interventions and social policies

S S Luthar et al. Dev Psychopathol. 2000 Autumn.

Abstract

The focus of this article is on the interface between research on resilience-a construct representing positive adaptation despite adversity--and the applications of this work to the development of interventions and social policies. Salient defining features of research on resilience are delineated, as are various advantages, limitations, and precautions linked with the application of the resilience framework to developing interventions. For future applied efforts within this tradition, a series of guiding principles are presented along with exemplars of existing programs based on the resilience paradigm. The article concludes with discussions of directions for future work in this area, with emphases on an enhanced interface between science and practice, and a broadened scope of resilience-based interventions in terms of the types of populations, and the types of adjustment domains, that are encompassed.

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