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Social ecological complexity and resilience processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2015

Michael Ungar
Michael Ungar*
Affiliation:
Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada. michael.ungar@dal.ca www.resilienceresearch.org
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Abstract

A social ecological model of resilience avoids the reductionism of simple explanations of the complex and multisystemic processes associated with well-being in contexts of adversity. There is evidence that when stressors are abnormally high, environmental factors account for more of an individual's resilience than do individual traits or cognitions. In this commentary, a social ecological model of resilience is discussed.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e124
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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