Positive Psychology: Resilience

Resilience

________: refers to processes or patterns of positive adaptation and development in the context of significant threats to an individuals life or function.

Positive psychology

________: the scientific approach to studying human thoughts, feelings, and behavior, with a focus on strengths instead of weaknesses.

significant setbacks

The psychological quality of resetting oneself after ________, and of returning from adversity relatively unscathed, and perhaps even stronger ..

Positive psychology

________ focuses on the positive events and influences in life, including:

Positive psychology

"the scientific study of what makes life most worth living" (Peterson, 2008)

Resilience

refers to "processes or patterns of positive adaptation and development in the context of significant threats to an individuals life or function."

To their mind, resilient responding depends on using the motivations to

Cultivate recovery, Maintain the recovery once acquired, and Use the experience as a mechanism for growth

Cognitive flexibility

________: the ability to adapt our behavior and thinking in response to the environment.

Active Coping

________: a more controlled process of resilience in which a person directly works to deal with a stressor.

Mental toughness

________: the ability to push past failures by remaining positive and competitive.

COMT gene

________: Gene thought to be related to various aspects of resilience, which is also involved in dopamine processing

5-HTTPLR gene

________: Gene related to depression and resilient coping.

BNDF and NYP genes

________ and ________: Two genes related to anxiety disorders, involved in resilient coping as well.