A SIGNIFICANT CONCEPT IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE

dc.contributor.authorAlbayrak, Güldener
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:20:08Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:20:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to examine the concept of psychological resilience, an importantconcept in positive psychology. This study is a descriptive research in that the findings wereobtained through the examination of related literature. Positive psychology is an area ofpsychology focusing on people’s positive characteristics like well-being, satisfaction with life,psychological resilience and happiness. One of these positive characteristics, psychologicalresilience refers to cognitive and behavioral efforts exhibited by individuals to control the internalor external demands exceeding or challenging their resources. Psychological resilience involvesindividuals’ skills and capacity to cope with experiences that can lead to negative results in theirlives using personal, familial and social resources to adapt to these experiences and continuefunctioning. These skills and capacity can change and improve over time. That is, these personal,familial and social factors can get stronger or increase. There are many factors contributing topsychological resilience: biological factors like health, genetic predisposition, temperament andsex, psychological factors like cognitive competence, ability to cope, personality traits, positive self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-awareness, internal locus of control, optimism, motivation, curiosity andpositive depiction of interpersonal relationships, and environment in and outside the family. It isbelieved that individuals’ psychological resilience levels can be increased by improving thesefactors. In this study, the concept of psychological resilience within the scope of positivepsychology, factors constituting this concept, characteristics specific to psychological resilience,and studies that can be conducted on how individuals can be psychologically resilient arediscussed. Findings are discussed based on related literature, and recommendations arepresented.
dc.identifier.endpage2505
dc.identifier.issn2146-1961
dc.identifier.issue34
dc.identifier.startpage2492
dc.identifier.trdizinid311751
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/311751
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/13645
dc.identifier.volume9
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofUluslararası Avrasya Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241107
dc.subjectTıbbi Araştırmalar Deneysel
dc.subjectKadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum
dc.subjectGenel ve Dahili Tıp
dc.subjectPediatri
dc.titleA SIGNIFICANT CONCEPT IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
dc.typeReview Article

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