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Resilience to Stress and Adversity: A Narrative Review of the Role of Positive Affect.
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22 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of the processing of positive memories technique and supportive counseling for posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial.Behaviour research and therapy · 2026Trial
- When doctors falter: Resilience in modern obstetrics and gynecology, a narrative review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Review
- Resilience and Quality of Life: The Role of Positive Affect on Healthcare Professionals in High-Stress Environments.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2026Article
- Prenatal road traffic noise impairs early testicular development in Sprague-Dawley offspring: pharmacological rescue by melatonin and edaravone; developmental preservation by environmental enrichment.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Pain Resilience Therapy vs. Pain Neuroscience Education for Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: Secondary Analysis of Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Risk and Resilience Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Peer-Led Emotional CPR Program in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities: Convergent Mixed Methods Study.Journal of participatory medicine · 2026Article
- Resilience as a Predictor of Satisfaction and Well-Being in Nursing Clinical Education: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Short video addiction is associated with students' academic disengagement: a moderated mediation analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Temporal Mediation Within the Motivational Phase of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) Model of Suicidal Behavior With Moderation of Loneliness and Resilience.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Psychological Resilience and Associated Factors in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Work-school conflict and turnover intention among Chinese Music University students with part-time jobs: the roles of negative affect and resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cultural intelligence and anxiety in English-mediated social interaction among Chinese international students in the UK: mediating roles of psychological resilience and fear of negative evaluation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Physical Activity, Emotional Intelligence, and Resilience in College Students: A Multi-Group Structural Equation Modeling Analysis Across Physical Fitness Levels.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- The association between relative deprivation and cyber-ostracism: the mediating role of social emotions and the moderating role of self-esteem.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Resilience as a Moderator of the Effects of Workplace Bullying on Psychological Distress and Sleep Quality Among Information Technology Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- How parental educational anxiety fuels adolescent depression: the mediating chain of moral disengagement and negative coping, and the buffering role of psychological resilience.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Coping styles, resilience, and mental health symptoms in first-year medical students: a structural equation modeling approach in a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and resilience among college students in Saudi arabia: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
The modern conception of mental health encompasses not only mental illness but also mental wellbeing, including positive emotional states and other forms of positive experience. Accordingly, research on resilience - that is, recovery or adaptation following adversity - has recently expanded to consider the roles of positive affect in the resilience process. To review this research, we performed a keyword search of all peer-reviewed journals within the American Psychological Association's PsycInfo database, retrieving all studies of positive affect in the context of resilience. These studies measured positive affect either as the outcome of the resilience process or as a resilience resource in its own right. With positive affect as the outcome, the literature suggests that various resilience resources can promote positive affect following a stressor, especially positive personality traits (eg, hope, optimism, self-compassion) and supportive interpersonal connections. With positive affect as a resilience resource, the literature suggests that higher levels of positive affect may protect individuals from the impact of stress on a number of outcomes, such as depression and trauma symptoms. In all, the reviewed research showcases a wide range of stressors, resources, and outcomes, and there are numerous openings for future discoveries in this promising area of inquiry.
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