Definition Of Resilience Research Articles

Spatiotemporal Differentiation Characteristics and Zoning of Cultivated Land System Resilience in the Songnen Plain

Enhancing cultivated land system resilience is a fundamental prerequisite for improving land use efficiency and thus addressing climate change. Taking the Songnen Plain—a major grain production area in China—as the study region, this study constructs a definition of cultivated land system resilience from three dimensions (“resistance–adaptability–reconstruction”). An index system for resilience evaluation is established, and methods such as three-dimensional Euclidean distance and K-means clustering are employed to investigate the spatiotemporal differentiation characteristics of cultivated land resilience in the Songnen Plain from 2001 to 2021. Based on the findings, zoning is performed and corresponding management strategies are proposed: (1) Overall resilience in the Songnen Plain increased from 0.4450 in 2001 to 0.7469 in 2021; enhanced resistance played the most significant role in promoting this increase. (2) The Songnen Plain exhibited pronounced spatial differentiation in cultivated land resilience, characterized by higher resilience in the eastern region and weaker resilience in the central and western regions. (3) The zoning results reveal significant disparities in resilience levels within the study area; targeted measures are thus required to address key problems in each zone. This study provides theoretical insights and empirical conclusions for formulating differentiated protection policies for cultivated land systems, thereby ensuring the sustainable development of the Songnen Plain’s cultivated land system.

Definitions of resilience in organic rice farming in northeastern Thailand: adaptation, diversification, resourcefulness, and adequate financial resources

Over the past two decades, studies have proposed varying definitions of resilience, emphasizing its distinct capacity to enable systems to withstand and recover from disturbances. However, these studies have predominantly concentrated on scholars’ perspectives, often overlooking those of marginal individuals, such as farmers, who need resilience to cope with dynamic challenges. This study seeks to clarify definitions of resilience within the context of agroecological systems in four northeastern provinces of Thailand. Organic farmers from these provinces were selected for semi-structured interviews (n = 84). Utilizing constructivist grounded theory methodology and ATLAS.ti, four definitions of resilience emerged: (1) resilience is adaptation to cope with change; (2) resilience is crop diversification to cope with change; (3) resilience is resourcefulness to cope with change; and (4) resilience is adequate financial resources to cope with change. Each definition was examined and found to be beneficial, providing strategies for implementing adaptation and offering alternatives to counter disturbances. While some critical components of resilience theories were absent from the participants’ insights, most definitions align with established resilience theories. These findings underscore the need for stakeholders to address the missing components, broadening participants’ understanding of resilience-building. By doing so, the practical application of resilience strategies can be enhanced to contribute to the sustainability of organic rice production.

The Conceptualization of Health Care Resilience: A Scoping Review.

In recent years, health care resilience has garnered increased attention, particularly since COVID-19. Resilience in health care is commonly framed across four interconnected levels: individual, team, organisational, and systemic. While individual-level resilience is relatively well explored, conceptualisations at other levels remain poorly defined. To address this gap, we conducted a scoping review exploring conceptualisations of health care resilience outside of the individual-level using systematic searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar. From 3734 initial records, 58 met our criteria. Of these, 7 (12.1%) articles did not explicitly define resilience. System-level resilience was the most explored (n=38, 65.5%), followed by organisational (n=12, 20.7%), and cross-level studies (n=8, 13.8%), with no studies exclusively focusing on team-level resilience. Conceptualisations of resilience revealed 5 themes: the goal of resilience; what systems are resilient to; resilience characteristics; its classification as ability, capacity, or capability; and the temporal dimension of resilience. Notably, no distinct patterns emerged specific to a conceptual level, suggesting resilience can be conceptualised across team, organisation, and system levels. Our findings underscore significant diversity in resilience definitions, indicating an evolving health care resilience paradigm. On the basis of these insights, we propose the following definition, applicable across all levels: health care resilience is the ability to anticipate, absorb, adapt or transform in response to everyday pressures, threats and opportunities to maintain efficient, high quality, and safe performance. A shared understanding of health care resilience would promote the critical imperative for research to bolster health care recovery post-COVID-19 and to prepare for future disruptive events.

A scoping review of resilience in adults with cancer based on the NIH resilience concept model.

The NIH Resilience Concept Model (NIH-RCM) is a comprehensive model that conceptualizes resilience through three components: challenge or stressor, system, and the system's responses, providing a clear definition and measurement approach for resilience research. This scoping review uses the NIH-RCM as a framework to organize and summarize research on resilience in adults with cancer, especially those aged 65 + , and identify research gaps. A systematic search of PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Web of Science was conducted to identify studies that examined resilience in the individual domain of adults (including those ≥ 65years) with cancer from inception to July 2022. Included studies were organized into the components (stressor, system, and responses), definition, and measures of resilience. Eighty-nine studies were included. Most (88%) studies included adults of all ages, with only ten focusing exclusively on older adults. Of the 89 studies, 78% identified cancer-related events as stressors, and 94% of studies identified the individual psychosocial system as the system affected by the stressor and measured the system's responses within the psychosocial subdomain. Several resilience definitions were identified from 60% of studies, with 44% conceptualizing resilience as an ability. Five types of resilience measures were identified in 99% of studies, with 15% measuring resilience by comparing pre- and post-stressor changes in the system's responses. There was a range of definitions and measures for resilience. Gaps in research include a minimal focus on older adults with cancer and individuals' physiological and molecular/genetic systems and their responses within these subdomains.

Psychological resilience and childhood maltreatment: The role of self-efficacy, personality functioning and social support in young adult residential care leavers.

Psychological resilience and childhood maltreatment: The role of self-efficacy, personality functioning and social support in young adult residential care leavers.

Resilience as A Pillar of Strength: Exploring Adaptive Power in Adolescent Girls

Abstract: This research paper examines the significance of resilience for teenage girls as they navigate the various challenges they encounter. The term resilience was introduced in English language in the early 17th century from the Latin verb resilire, meaning to rebound or recoil (Concise Oxford Dictionary, Tenth Edition).The paper explores the definition of resilience, which is the process of effectively adapting in the face of adversity, trauma, or significant stressors. These stressors can range from everyday challenges to more impactful events like gender discrimination, early marriage, and limited access to education and employment. The paper highlights that resilience is not about the absence of distress but rather the development of coping mechanisms to manage, learn from and grow through difficult situations. The research emphasises the importance of fostering resilience in teenage girls, particularly by parents, grandparents, teachers, and well-wishers. It suggests various strategies for cultivating resilience: Prioritising Relationships: Encourage the development of strong, supportive relationships with trustworthy individuals who provide validation and a sense of belonging. Fostering Wellness: Promote self-care practices that encompass physical health, mindfulness, and avoidance of negative coping mechanisms. Finding Purpose: Support the identification of goals, passions, and values, and encourage engagement in activities that provide a sense of purpose and direction. Embracing Healthy Thoughts: Cultivate a positive outlook and acceptance of change, learn from experiences, and seek help when needed. Conclusion: The paper concludes by emphasizing that building resilience is an ongoing process that requires support from loved ones and trusted professionals. It underscores the importance of empowering teenage girls to navigate adversity, overcome challenges, and thrive amidst life's complexities. Understanding the quality of resilience would enhance the probability of the person engaging in sport activities.

Conceptualizing resilience in public health: a philosophical approach

BackgroundThe initial inquiry into the concept revealed its usage as a boundary object and how this facilitated its interdisciplinary utilization. The same feature enabled the shift to literature within other disciplines and then identify its conceptualization in them. This led to the understanding that though many disciplines have used the term resilience to describe a phenomenon with a general understanding of “bouncing back to original position”, its multi-disciplinary usage has added a lexical ambiguity to the term. The purpose of the study is to utilize this broad and overlapping nature of resilience to identify those elements, models or pathways that might enable conceptualizing resilience in the context of public health. In this process we uncover the underlying philosophical elements that converge or diverge with the whole conceptualization process of resilience in the discipline of public health.MethodsWe used a modified integrated review of the body of literature while also reflecting on how the concept of resilience has evolved from a narrow, “Substance Metaphysics,” “Reductionist” phenomenon to a more expansive, “Multi-Dimensional,” “Intersectional,” and “Dynamic phenomenon.” Afterwards, existing philosophical theories that converged or diverged with the conceptualization process were used to further validate the entire process that resulted in the definition of resilience in the context of public health emergencies.ResultsThe critical evaluation of existing literature led to the identification of two patterns by which resilience has been conceptualized across disciplines. One on the basis of engagement with acute or enduring crisis resulting in trajectories that enables stability or growth and transformation. Another on the basis of the levels at which it was conceptualized by various authors from multiple disciplines. The two approaches were later critically evaluated so as to conceptualize resilience in the context of public health.ConclusionAn integrated response to the crisis may be necessary to preserve people’s health and the health of communities in order for them to be resilient. Resilience in public health is a result of the successful engagement of relevant stakeholders responsible for health preservation to current and emerging health inequalities that places them in enabling trajectories of sustenance or growth leading to the development of potential capabilities that are sensitive to diverse health disparities.

Neural activation during processing of emotional faces as a function of resilience in adolescents.

Neuroimaging studies suggest that resilience to adversity is linked to reduced emotional reactivity or enhanced emotion regulation. However, such studies are scarce and mainly use adult samples and categorical definitions of resilience. Using a novel, data-driven approach to define resilience dimensionally, based on cumulative adversity exposure across childhood and psychopathology, we investigated associations between resilience and brain activation during facial emotion processing in youth. We also tested for sex differences in the relationship between resilience and brain activation. fMRI data were acquired from 208 youths (aged 9-18years; Mean age = 13.28), while viewing angry, fearful, and neutral faces. Whole-brain analyses were performed, followed by region-of-interest analyses focusing on the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex. Resilience was positively correlated with bilateral inferior frontal gyrus responses to fearful (versus neutral) faces, and negatively correlated with right superior temporal gyrus, left hippocampal, and right inferior frontal gyrus responses to neutral faces (versus fixation). Sex-by-resilience interactions were observed in the medial prefrontal cortex: males showed positive, while females showed negative, associations between resilience and brain activation, though these results did not survive correction for multiple comparisons. These findings provide further evidence that resilience in youth is associated with enhanced emotion regulation at a neural level.

Beyond Bouncing Back: Exploring Undergraduate Dental Professional Students' Perceptions of Resilience.

The first signs of mental health issues in dentistry manifest as early as undergraduate training, thus it is essential to delve into the concept of resilience to equip those studying and working in dentistry with the resources to cultivate a positive mindset. A focus group was conducted with a homogenous purposive sample of eight undergraduate dental profession students from all 3 years of study at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy (UPDA). The six-phase Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis was adopted to interpret patterns in data. Four themes of: 'definition of resilience'; 'factors enhancing resilience'; 'factors challenging resilience' and 'developing resilience in dentistry'; and 23 subthemes were identified. Students defined resilience as an ability to bounce back from adversity and perceived it as a dynamic and contextual phenomenon that fluctuated due to an interplay of personal, social and environmental factors. The findings of this study showed undergraduate dental profession students' perceptions of resilience, factors influencing it and strategies to develop it. These findings may inform the curriculum of resilience training programmes targeted towards this population.

Digital resilience in adolescence: A systematic review of models, methods and theoretical perspectives

The use of digital technology that supports daily activities has a positive impact on individual psychological well-being. However, the intensity of online digital technology makes individuals face some online risks, namely, content, contact, and conduct risks, especially in adolescents. Teenagers are considered a population at online risk, so adolescents need to develop the ability to deal with and through online challenges called Digital Resilience (DR). Digital resilience studies continue to grow over time. This causes many researchers to continue to study of digital resilience by compiling, comparing, and testing the preexisting conceptual models. This research focuses on conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) with the PRISMA method in the Scopus, Google Scholar, and Crossref articles from 2020-2024. The data search found 255 articles but only 38 relevant articles were analyzed to answer questions related to the definition of digital resilience in psychology studies, the general methods used and population descriptions in digital resilience research, the theoretical perspectives used in digital resilience studies, and the conceptual model description of digital resilience. The study results indicate that digital resilience is an individual's ability to protect themselves and recover from detrimental actions when using digital media online. Over the past five years, mixed methods, qualitative, and literature reviews have been commonly used in digital resilience research, while quantitative methods are still limited. Likewise, the adolescent population is still limited to be studied in digital resilience research. Thus far, researchers have used an ecological theory perspective to explain digital resilience. In addition, three conceptual models of digital resilience were found, and 2 of them still require empirical testing in further research. The findings of the study provide an opportunity for future researchers to empirically test digital resilience models in the adolescent population.

Resilience of U.S. Nursing Students: A Theory-Guided Scoping Review.

Resilience plays a part in how individuals transition from the burnout and stress of an academic program to flourishing in a new professional nursing role. This theory-guided review explored what is known about nursing students and resilience. The long-term aim is to inform evidence-based practice for nurturing resilience of nursing students. This review used the theory-guided literature review, a knowledge synthesis methodology guided by the society-to-cells resilience theory. This 10-step methodology facilitated approaching the review from the lens of nursing theory. Resilience research within this population lacks consistent conceptual and operational definitions of resilience and theory-driven research, and practice change questions. Intervention evidence is scarce and addresses limited sub-factors from the society-to-cells resilience theory. Future research and practice change initiatives should provide consistent and clear conceptual and operational definitions, move from correlational to intervention projects, and target multiple levels of resilience subfactors. [J Nurs Educ. 2025;64(3):145-155.].

The impact of digital industry development on regional economic resilience: Evidence from China.

With the outbreak of the global public health crisis in 2019, enhancing the resilience of regional economies has become the current focal point. Existing studies have mostly focused on the region itself, lacking exploration of regional economic resilience from the aspects of dynamics, multiple perspectives, and multidimensional integration. At the same time, the digital industry, as an emerging sector, should not only consider its impact on economic development itself, but also focus on whether it can continuously and effectively enhance the level of regional economic resilience, in order to cope with crises that may arise at any time. Therefore, through empirical methods, we conducted a detailed study of the spatial correlation and internal driving factors between the digital industry and regional economic resilience, aiming to build a more valuable theoretical framework based on existing research findings and explore a regional resilience development strategy centered around the digital industry. This paper, combining conclusions and methods from existing literature, attempts to expand the definition of regional economic resilience, evaluation index system, and the relationship with the digital industry from the perspective of evolutionary economic geography. This article empirically examines data from 30 provinces in China from 2014 to 2022 (excluding Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan due to lack of data). Firstly, this paper employs a two-way fixed effects model to examine the direct relationship between digital industry development and regional economic resilience. The research results indicate that the development of the digital industry can effectively enhance regional economic resilience. Secondly, the role of spatial location, as an important aspect of evolutionary economic geography, is also considered in this paper. The spatial Durbin model is used to discover spatial spillover effects of digital industry development on regional economic resilience under different spatial location relationships. Finally, this paper considers environmental regulations as a threshold variable to study the impact of the digital industry on regional economic resilience under different levels of environmental regulation. The results indicate that when the degree of environmental regulation is less than 0.0011, the digital industry can more effectively empower the enhancement of regional economic resilience levels. In conclusion, this paper finds that while emphasizing the role of the digital industry in the resilient development of regional economies, it is also essential to promote regional cooperation for mutual benefit and win-win results. This will accelerate the transformation of digital enterprises, optimize industrial structures, and achieve green development.

How electricity utility practitioners in the United States approach power system resilience

This study explores the understanding and practice of resilience among electrical utilities in the United States, focusing on how practitioners in the utility sector conceptualize and apply resilience in their work. As electricity becomes increasingly central to modern life, powering critical infrastructure and essential services, the resilience of power systems has gained prominence in energy policy and planning. However, there is a lack of standardized definitions and approaches to resilience in both academia and practice, particularly from an energy service perspective. The research employs a qualitative approach, utilizing semi-structured interviews with experts (practitioners) from transmission and distribution utilities in the United States to examine their definitions, understanding, and applications of resilience. By adopting a grounded approach, the study aims to identify key themes and concepts that practitioners associate with power system resilience. The findings outline that there is no clear definition of resilience amongst utility practitioners, and resilience and reliability are often used interchangeably/synonymously as there are no fixed indicators for resilience amongst practitioners. At present, unlike reliability, utilities are not including resilience as a term in their long-term resource planning, and neither are reporting resilience-based indicators to any of the government agencies. The findings contribute to the ongoing dialogue on energy resilience and offer a foundation for developing more comprehensive and context-specific approaches to building resilient energy systems that prioritize critical services and vulnerable populations.

Troubling the Definition of Black Resilience in STEM‐CS Education

ABSTRACTResiliency has been unearthed as a phenomenon to explore strategies that influence successful STEM‐CS matriculation and/or persistence among minoritized populations—particularly Black undergraduate students. We argue that understanding and solidifying a definition for resilience in STEM‐CS can aid in identifying key characteristics that reveal systemic structures and improve academic achievement. In this commentary, we use critical race theory (CRT) to unpack how resiliency can be adjusted and revamped to focus more on systemic issues, rather than on individual or small groups of students to showcase “grit” and immense inner strength in STEM‐CS environments. Three noteworthy assertions are generated to help us trouble resilience relative to Black STEM‐CS students and teachers in higher education.

Resilience in the face of disaster: Aprerequisite or askill to be acquired? : Aconsideration of this question using Doctors Without Borders as an example

Little is known about the resilience of the most vulnerable people on this planet in disaster and war zones. However, addressing this topic can be of crucial importance for future adaptation strategies and individual preparation for difficult life circumstances. For Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), resilience is becoming increasingly important in all areas of activity: in supporting refugees and internally displaced persons, in responding to the effects of global warming, following natural disasters, in wars, and in providing psychological support to aid workers as well as those that need help. This article discusses the definition of resilience, the interpretation of which is dynamic and multifaceted. Individual resilience can be gauged and reflected upon through self-interrogation. This article then deals with the safety of and risk faced by international and local aid workers in crisis areas as well as with the question of whether Doctors Without Borders can be considered aresilient organization. Finally, the article looks at how each individual aid worker can strengthen their personal resilience. Indeed, resilience can be trained, and we would do well to start straight away.

England’s qualifications system: the politics of resilience

The UK Government’s Resilience Framework aims to ensure the country’s prosperity. A framework approach recognises that key risks and their effects vary by sector; however, any framework requires translation when applied in different contexts, with consideration of the issues in a sector-specific, case-based manner. Using publicly available documents, input from an expert advisory group, and elite interviews with 21 assessment insiders, we investigated the resilience of England’s qualifications system. The 2020 exams crisis created by the pandemic is one focus, but we explored resilience more broadly. To define resilience, we drew upon definitions in other complex, distributed systems (food, health care, and power [electrical] supply). Our interview data showed consensus on neither the definition of resilience nor whether the system is resilient. Proposed countermeasures for perceived lack of resilience (teacher assessment, modular examinations, digitalisation) brought risks along with potential benefits. Our data showed that resilience must be defined in relation to specified aims. Many threats to resilience were identified, including political pressure—a feature of the 2020 qualification policies. We conclude that fundamentally redesigning the system for resilience to unlikely catastrophic events would be costly and require solutions that may introduce their own problems. The cause of the recent crisis is best attributed to poor policy—lacking recognition of society’s expectations—rather than system fragility. Where policy values and objectives shift over time, those responsible for the system can find themselves responding to changing or conflicting priorities. We propose that a context-specific definition of resilience is required for its effective management.

Disaster resilience tools - reducing the likelihood of damage

The increasing number of natural disasters as a result of climate change has serious consequences in terms of loss of life, damage to health, loss of property and damage to infrastructure. Disasters affect communities in both developing and developed countries. In the former, however, the phenomena occur more frequently, affect a larger group of people, and the losses are often greater and more severe. Resilience issues are increasingly being addressed in the literature. The purpose of this article is to present the concept of resilience in the context of natural disasters and building development capacity. The study presents the authors’ definition of resilience to natural disasters. For the purpose of this article, a review of the literature and existing data has been carried out. The presentation of available instruments of resilience to natural disasters security tools shows that despite the unpredictable nature of these events, there are ways to minimise the negative impacts.

Bad year econometrics: Agent-based modeling of risk management strategies under varying regimes of environmental change.

Resilience-the ability of socio-ecological systems to withstand and recover from shocks-is a key research and policy focus. Definitions of resilience differ between disciplines, however, and the term remains inadequately operationalized. Resilience is the outcome of variable behavioral decisions, yet the process itself and the strategies behind it have rarely been addressed quantitatively. We present an agent-based model integrating four common risk management strategies, observed in past and present societies. Model outcomes under different environmental regimes, and in relation to key case studies, provide a mapping between the efficacy (success in harm prevention) and efficiency (cost of harm prevention) of different behavioral strategies. This formalization unravels the historical contingency of dynamic socio-natural processes in the context of crises. In discriminating between successful and failed risk management strategies deployed in the past-the emergent outcome of which is resilience-we are better placed to understand and to some degree predict their utility in the contemporary world.

Концептуальні засади дослідження демографічної резильєнтності українського суспільства

Theoretical and practical aspects of demographic resilience have been studied by many scientists across different countries. However, for each country, these issues require tailored analysis and adaptation to specific conditions. The purpose of this study is to determine the place of demographic resilience and its components, analyze them with adaptation to Ukraine’s particular conditions in order to form the key directions of achieving the resilience of Ukrainian society in the post-war period. The primary methods used in this research include abstract-logical, sociological, classification-analytical methods and synergistic approach. The novelty of the study lies in the development of conceptual foundations for analyzing the demographic resilience of Ukrainian society in the current context. The authors’ definition of demographic resilience is provided: it is explained as the ability to ensure the change of generations, maintain the desired demographic balance, maintain basic functions and social structures, minimizing the negative consequences of destructions and contributing to recovery. The following components of demographic resilience are proposed: reproductive resilience, resilience of age and sex population structure, family resilience, social or age group resilience, life preservation, resilience of the healthcare system, and migration resilience. The relationships between these components and economic and social resilience, education, and the realization of the “demographic dividend” are analyzed. Criteria for assessing the components of demographic resilience are proposed. Healthcare system resilience and health resilience are treated as distinct components of demographic resilience, yet they are closely interconnected. Both are integrated and influenced by various factors. The migration component is examined in the context of immigration, emigration, and the accommodation and adaptation of internally displaced persons. Demographic resilience in Ukraine has been influenced by both the COVID-19 pandemic and, more significantly, the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. Their effects cause the need for further quantitative assessment of the individual components of demographic resilience and the development of specific measures to strengthen it.

Resilience of the educational system in conditions of global social upheavals: the ratio of centralization and autonomy (Ukrainian experience for Europe)

The article is devoted to the study of educational system resilience in conditions of global social upheavals, particularly in wartime. A definition of educational system resilience is provided, and specific indicators of resilience are outlined. The authors adopt a neo-institutional approach, advocating the view that not only strong institutions but also individuals’ perceptions of the existing rules and social order are vital for the resilience of the educational system. The empirical basis of the article consists of the results from focus group and in-depth interviews conducted by the authors in December 2022 – January 2023. The key findings of the study are as follows: (1) meso-level organizations (schools) play a significant role in ensuring the resilience of the entire educational system, facilitated by granting them substantial autonomy from the government; (2) the essential role of micro-level actors (teachers) is fully realized when there is a harmonious balance between organizational control and individual freedom. The ‘recipe for resilience’ presented in the article is applicable to various countries worldwide that have faced global social upheavals. The results can serve as a reliable foundation for developing a toolkit for conducting quantitative research on educational resilience. The findings will be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders, including educators, scientists, and specialists in the fields of educational policy.