Research on Resilience

Time to Move Forward: Resilience and Trauma-Informed Care proposes that the term “Resilience and Trauma Informed Care” (RTIC) replace the term “Trauma Informed Care” (TIC). Leading with the term” resilience” rather than “trauma” has the potential to reorient providers’ attention to the resilience of individuals, families, and communities and not only to their trauma.

Action steps using ACEs and trauma-informed care: a resilience model discusses three key neuroscience concepts that are recommended for inclusion in Trauma-Informed Care programs and practices in ways that can enrich program design and guide the development of practical, resilience-oriented interventions that can be evaluated for outcomes. A resilience-oriented approach to TIC is recommended that moves from trauma information to neuroscience-based action with practical skills to build greater capacity for self-regulation and self-care in both service providers and clients.

Latinx Families’ Strengths and Resilience Contribute to Their Well-being - Hispanic Research Center
This brief takes stock of—and presents findings from—the existing research on strengths and resilience within Latinx families. Based on the analysis of the literature, recommendations are provided to researchers for advancing strength-based research on Latino families and to programs and practitioners for building on strengths in service delivery.

The Office of Research and Child Well-Being’s Equity-Centered Strength-Focused Approach
The Office of Research and Child Well-Being (ORCW) crafted a program theory for well-being, well-becoming, and resiliency. ORCW’s unified theory is a pathway of how well-being, well-becoming, resiliency, and equity are all necessary components to the prosperity of a family, as well as how those concepts intersect.

Resilience and mental health in children and adolescents
In order to promote optimal development of children and adolescents at risk for psychiatric disorders, a better understanding of the concept resilience is crucial. This review provides an overview of recent work on clinical and epidemiological correlates of resilience and mental health in children and adolescents.

Role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in stress resilience - ScienceDirect
This article explores whether there is a clear relationship between stress-induced changes in adult hippocampal neurogenesis, stress resilience and antidepressant-induced recovery from stress-induced changes in behaviour.

Child Trends
Child Trends researchers analyze data about children and adolescents, their families, and other adults who support them to better understand the impacts of trauma and identify pathways to resilience in the face of adversity. Take a look at the latest research on trauma & resilience.