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Beyond resilience: Positive mental health and the nature of cognitive processes involved in positive appraisals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2015

Carmelo Vázquez
Carmelo Vázquez*
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Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, Complutense University, 28223-Madrid, Spain. cvazquez@ucm.es http://www.ucm.es/info/psisalud/carmelo/
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Abstract

Although the PASTOR model provides a comprehensive framework to study resilience, it faces some challenges. First, some higher-order concepts (e.g., meaning) may be difficult to model in the laboratory. Second, defining resilience as an absence of pathology might be conceptually restrictive. Finally, the proposal that the severity of the event is associated to different appraisal mechanisms needs further evidence.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e125
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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