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Over the course of ten years, this extensive qualitative study
focused on the academic resilience phenomenon. The research delves
into the educational resilience experiences of fifty low
socioeconomic students of color from a variety of racial and ethnic
backgrounds. In addition to chronicling specific protective factors
and processes active in the students' lives, several symbiotic
relationships between groups of protective factors are documented
and explored. A Resilience Cycle theory, which was chronicled in
previous works of the authors, is used as a framework to view
essential elements of the students' academic success. Ultimately,
the data and findings are used to propose practical suggestions for
promoting academic resilience in at-risk youth nationwide.
Furthermore, because one author specializes in education and the
other in psychology, both of these disciplines are brought to bear
on this crucial and understudied topic.
Over the course of ten years, this extensive qualitative study
focused on the academic resilience phenomenon. The research delves
into the educational resilience experiences of fifty low
socioeconomic students of color from a variety of racial and ethnic
backgrounds. In addition to chronicling specific protective factors
and processes active in the students' lives, several symbiotic
relationships between groups of protective factors are documented
and explored. A Resilience Cycle theory, which was chronicled in
previous works of the authors, is used as a framework to view
essential elements of the students' academic success. Ultimately,
the data and findings are used to propose practical suggestions for
promoting academic resilience in at-risk youth nationwide.
Furthermore, because one author specializes in education and the
other in psychology, both of these disciplines are brought to bear
on this crucial and understudied topic.
No matter who we are, what we have, or where we are from, sooner or
later life provides each of us with at least our fair share of
trauma, tragedies, setbacks and curveballs. Like death, taxes, and
increasingly wrinkly skin, these challenges will eventually rear
their ugly heads- it is inevitable. However, the degree to which we
succumb to them, if at all, is to a surprisingly large extent up to
us. Minimizing the extent to which misfortune and tragedy eat away
at the quality of our lives is equal parts art and science, and the
essence of How to be a Rubber Band: A Formula for Living Resilience
Every Day. Resulting from thorough analysis of hundreds of
individuals who have demonstrated varying degrees of resilience, a
widely applicable resilience formula has emerged. This formula can
serve as a blueprint, allowing us to build the necessary elasticity
into our interactions with stressors, facilitating our ability to
stretch and eventually bounce back, while still retaining key
elements of who we are deep down inside. Each variable is explored
within the context of compelling social science and medical
research, and specific suggestions for application provided. The
book is for you if you are willing to: Make successfully responding
to stressors, both big and small, part of your daily existence.
Cultivate a degree of competence and confidence in your ability to
effectively handle life's inevitable challenges; significantly
mitigating fear of failure, unexpected setbacks, and tragedy.
Utilize interactive "Making it Work for You" sections to apply
proven tenets of resilience to your unique situations. Arm yourself
with the knowledge, attitudes, and dispositions we all need to
survive and thrive in the face of trauma. The book invites the
reader to visit the author's website, www.livingresilience101.com
for additional and complementary material.
Over the course of ten years, this extensive qualitative study
focused on the academic resilience phenomenon. The research
identifies significant risk and protective factors and uncovers
specific processes by which the students have been able to overcome
risk through the strategic utilisation of personal, environmental,
and familial resources (protective factors). This book discusses
the statistical analysis presented in the study, as well as the
data and findings which are used to propose practical suggestions
for promoting academic resilience in at-risk youth nation-wide.
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