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    LITERATURE REVIEW Resilience has a persuasive history in psychiatry. It began with the development studies focused on children that performed well despite the adverse family circumstances (Werner & Smith, 1992).Subsequently plethora of literature was generated in the health domain, focusing on the effects of resilience for muddling through the harrowing situations. It was professor Fred Luthans who introduced the concept of individual resilience in the domain of positive psychology via the core

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    Resilience, when asked to define and explain the act of being resilient, can be a hard thing to describe. It is something everyone must be at one point in their lives, and what some people must be every day. There are different levels to it, depending on what the person is going through at the time. However, resilience is commonly described as just staying strong in a tough situation or time in a person’s life. When something goes wrong, or something bad happens, the person affected doesn’t let it

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    Resilience is needed to overcome obstacles. Resilience is a quality possessed by people who are able to "bounce back"(Harrington,2012), after they are faced with an obstacle. In my opinion, adult learners personify resilience. Making a decision to better ourselves through education. Despite pre-existing responsibilities, such as, balancing family, work, and assignments. We overcome obstacles daily, to create a better existence for our families. I feel a sense of pride knowing that I'm striving for

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    The United States Army’s master resilience training is used to grow and thrive in the face of challenges and bounce back from adversity. Build core competencies that enable mental toughness, optimal performance, strong leadership, and goal achievement (Reivich & CSF2, Master Resilience Training Version 3.1 Participant Guide, p. 7). The Master Resilience Trainer Course (MRT-C) trains resilience skills in order to provide the Army with a cadre of resilience and performance training experts (Army

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    understand the current theoretical and operational definitions of the concept for use in theory and research (Walker & Avant, 2005). The concept resilience was chosen for analysis because of its many uses in the literature today, and the need of a central, encompassing, modernized definition. In wake of the recent tragedies that have been occurring, resilience has become more widely used and its definition has been stretched. If this concept is to be used in its entirety, a centralized definition will

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    Resilience is defined as the ability to bounce back when faced with a trying situation. In the memoir First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, Loung narrates to us the story of her childhood under the violent reign of the Khmer Rouge. Throughout the memoir, there are many circumstances in which Lound demonstrates incredible resilience through her unwavering determination and persistence. These traits are also evident in my best friend and fellow teammate, Kerry. Every night at swim practice, without

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    “The Art of Resilience” by Hara Marano, and “The Third and Final Continent” by Jhumpa Lahiri, includes conflict, setting, and characterization, which are all supportive of a general theme, that beauty is more than one’s vanity. Together with, creating the unifying idea that propels The Uglies, “The Art of Resilience,” along with “The Third and Final Continent,” where everyone must be his or her own person not the person others expect. The evidence in The Uglies and “The Art of Resilience” is supported

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    Resilience is of great importance for individuals working in complex and instable environments. Individual Resilience is the ability of the individuals to bounce back and sustain in the facade of adverse conditions. Research revealed that resilient employees are more likely to be productive, agile and innovative during the turbulent times, thereby making it essential to have an individual centric measure of resilience. Many such instruments are available in the literature but there is no resilience

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    Factors of Children’s Resilience This paper will examine the concept of resilience as it has emerged in the research literature of Grotberg (1995). It will evaluate the effectiveness of the concept in the area of developing more effective protective factors for children and families subjected to vulnerability and adversity. It will be noted that resilience needs to be promoted on three fronts, work on individual resilience strategies, promotion of resilience through the organisations

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    Master Resilience Training’s Impact in the Army and Common Misconceptions MRT is part of Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness, CSF2, program. It is designed to build the resilience and enhance the performance of those who serve by giving them the skills to thrive, not just in the Army life, but also within their personal lives. This is all accomplished while meeting a wide range of operational demands. MRT has often been misunderstood and overlooked as a program in the Army. When implemented

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