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1. 1. Resilience Shown in Youth Protects Against Adult Stress -- Arehart-Treichel 40 (17): 14 -- Psychiatric News

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   Published on: 9/2/2005   Last Visited: 9/8/2005

   The major author was Laura Campbell-Sills, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego.
   
   In their report, Campbell-Sills and her coworkers pointed out that developmental psychologists have generally described the construct of resilience as "a dynamic process wherein individuals display positive adaptation despite experiences of significant adversity or trauma."
   ...
   Finally, Campbell-Sills and her group looked to see whether resilience, as measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, would moderate the relationship between emotional neglect during childhood, as measured by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, and current psychiatric symptoms, as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory. They expected that individuals endorsing relatively high levels of childhood neglect and low levels of resilience would manifest high levels of current psychiatric symptoms, whereas individuals reporting high levels of childhood neglect in combination with high resilience would manifest low levels of current psychiatric symptoms. And this is what they found.
   
   But they found something else interesting as well,individuals who had experienced childhood neglect and who scored high on resilience reported even fewer current psychiatric symptoms than did individuals who had not experienced childhood neglect and who scored high on resilience.
   
   This finding, Campbell-Sills and her team admitted, may appear counterintuitive on the surface.
   ...
   Thus resilience, Campbell-Sills and her team concluded, might be "viewed as a dynamic concept capturing positive adaptation and even growth in the face of stress and trauma."
   
   Resilience Can Be Tapped

2. 2. www.freedomfromfear.org

   www.freedomfromfear.org/public - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 3/5/2007

   The major author was Laura Campbell-Sills, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego.
   
   In their report, Campbell-Sills and her coworkers pointed out that developmental psychologists have generally described the construct of resilience as "a dynamic process wherein individuals display positive adaptation despite experiences of significant adversity or trauma."
   ...
   Finally, Campbell-Sills and her group looked to see whether resilience, as measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, would moderate the relationship between emotional neglect during childhood, as measured by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, and current psychiatric symptoms, as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory. They expected that individuals endorsing relatively high levels of childhood neglect and low levels of resilience would manifest high levels of current psychiatric symptoms, whereas individuals reporting high levels of childhood neglect in combination with high resilience would manifest low levels of current psychiatric symptoms. And this is what they found.
   
   But they found something else interesting as well-individuals who had experienced childhood neglect and who scored high on resilience reported even fewer current psychiatric symptoms than did individuals who had not experienced childhood neglect and who scored high on resilience.
   
   This finding, Campbell-Sills and her team admitted, may appear counterintuitive on the surface.
   ...
   Thus resilience, Campbell-Sills and her team concluded, might be "viewed as a dynamic concept capturing positive adaptation and even growth in the face of stress and trauma."
   
   Resilience Can Be Tapped

3. 3. Anxiety and Depression Resource Organization since 1984 - Freedom From Fear

   www.freedomfromfear.com/public - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/1/1984   Last Visited: 4/2/2006

   The major author was Laura Campbell-Sills, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego.
   
   In their report, Campbell-Sills and her coworkers pointed out that developmental psychologists have generally described the construct of resilience as "a dynamic process wherein individuals display positive adaptation despite experiences of significant adversity or trauma."
   ...
   Finally, Campbell-Sills and her group looked to see whether resilience, as measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, would moderate the relationship between emotional neglect during childhood, as measured by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, and current psychiatric symptoms, as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory. They expected that individuals endorsing relatively high levels of childhood neglect and low levels of resilience would manifest high levels of current psychiatric symptoms, whereas individuals reporting high levels of childhood neglect in combination with high resilience would manifest low levels of current psychiatric symptoms. And this is what they found.
   
   But they found something else interesting as well-individuals who had experienced childhood neglect and who scored high on resilience reported even fewer current psychiatric symptoms than did individuals who had not experienced childhood neglect and who scored high on resilience.
   
   This finding, Campbell-Sills and her team admitted, may appear counterintuitive on the surface.
   ...
   Thus resilience, Campbell-Sills and her team concluded, might be "viewed as a dynamic concept capturing positive adaptation and even growth in the face of stress and trauma."
   
   Resilience Can Be Tapped