objective: resilience is the personal ability to adapt successfully with unpleasant situations and maintain or regain bio-psychological well-being. resilience could be promoted through self-management educational programs. in this study, we tried to investigate if self-management education could improve resilience in diabetic patients. materials and methods: the current study was a semi experim...

The quality of life (QOL) has been defined as ''a person's sense of well-being that stems from satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the areas of life that are important to him/her''. Age was also significantly associated with several functional limitations such as illness, and physical restrictions. The concept of ''resilience'' refers to successful adaptation that unfolds within a context of s...

The Australian Community Psychologist Volume 22 No 1 December 2010 © The Australian Psychological Society Ltd During the past few decades there has been a proliferation of research on resilience. This interest in resilience is not surprising as many disciplines (psychology, social work) move from a deficit, ‘glass half empty’ view of human nature to a positive, salutogenic, ‘glass half full’ ap...

The aim of this study was to explore the role of resilience and mindfulness in predicting psychological wellbeing in university students. A sample of 141 university students completed questionnaires that measured individual differences in mindfulness, resilience, and psychological well-being. Findings revealed significant positive relationships between mindfulness and resilience. Regression ana...

BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is a frequent obstetric complication which affects the mother`s and the fetus's health and can be life threatening. It also has an impact on psychological outcomes. There may be protective variables such as resilience shielding against psychosocial distress in women experiencing these pregnancy complications. The aim of this study was to examine differences in resilience...

The concept of resilience is reviewed from a range of disciplinary perspectives in this paper. Both broad and narrow definitions of resilience are highlighted and a working definition of resilience is proposed to inform research, policy and practice. Different psychological, social and ecological protective factors, particularly competence, optimism, and bonding to family and cultural beliefs a...