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How are people and communities able to prevail despite challenge?
What helps them bounce back from adversity and even grow in
knowledge and understanding? And can this resilience be taught?
During the past decade, exciting scientific advances have shed
light on how resilience operates from neurons to neighborhoods. In
The Resilience Handbook, experts in the science of resilience draw
on human and animal research to describe the process of resilience
and follow its course as it unfolds both within individuals and in
social networks. Contributors also highlight the promise of new
interventions that apply what we know about resilience processes to
bolster positive health, and raise some of the pressing questions
and issues for the field as it matures. This handbook is designed
to be used by students as an invitation to a burgeoning field; by
researchers, as a framework for advancing theories, hypotheses, and
empirical tests of resilience functions; and by clinicians, as a
comprehensive and up-to-the-minute integration of theory and
practice.
How are people and communities able to prevail despite challenge?
What helps them bounce back from adversity and even grow in
knowledge and understanding? And can this resilience be taught?
During the past decade, exciting scientific advances have shed
light on how resilience operates from neurons to neighborhoods. In
The Resilience Handbook, experts in the science of resilience draw
on human and animal research to describe the process of resilience
and follow its course as it unfolds both within individuals and in
social networks. Contributors also highlight the promise of new
interventions that apply what we know about resilience processes to
bolster positive health, and raise some of the pressing questions
and issues for the field as it matures. This handbook is designed
to be used by students as an invitation to a burgeoning field; by
researchers, as a framework for advancing theories, hypotheses, and
empirical tests of resilience functions; and by clinicians, as a
comprehensive and up-to-the-minute integration of theory and
practice.
Dio Cassius, too often consulted just as a historical source, was
an historian of considerable interest and originality - at once a
Greek man of letters and a late representative of the Roman
tradition of senatorial historical writing. For the reign of
Augustus his history is the fullest account to survive. This
edition covers the years 28 to 5 BC, after which there are
substantial gaps in Dio's text; it includes Dio's extended
discussion of the constitutional settlement of 27 BC and the
imperial system it inaugurated. The notes discuss the historical
subject matter and Dio's treatment of it; particular attention is
paid to the way Dio shaped his material in the light of his own
values and interests. The introduction deals with Dio's life, the
character of his history, and his view of Augustus. Ancient Greek
text with facing-page English translation, introduction and
commentary.
The concept of the "locus of control" is one of the most
influential in all of the psychological sciences. Initially
proposed by Julian Rotter in 1966, the year 2016 marks the 50th
anniversary of this remarkable breakthrough, subsequently inspiring
thousands of research studies in the human sciences - research that
has only served to deepen the utility of this amazing concept.
Edited by John W. Reich and Frank J. Infurna, Perceived Control:
Theory, Research, and Practice in the First 50 Years commemorates
this important anniversary by featuring contributions from leading
figures of the time - some of whom were there at the very beginning
of Rotter's breakthrough - to give readers a valuable historical
record and measuring stick to illustrate how far we've come. Other
contributors to this volume expertly present contemporary and
cutting-edge summaries of the current state of our knowledge all
while giving us a roadmap for future developments and directions.
What have these developments revealed about basic human strengths
and capacities? Why has this concept proven so remarkably effective
in illuminating our everyday life in sickness and health? Perceived
Control is a fascinating work that incorporates research from
Rotter's original concept, and addresses many of the leading
comparable concepts that have since evolved: self-efficacy,
personal mastery, competence, primary and secondary control, and
more specific topics such as health locus of control, learned
helplessness, and other heuristic concepts discussed in many
different fields of psychology and the allied disciplines. As
Perceived Control skillfully attests, Rotter's work continues to
thrive, leaving little doubt that its influence will endure for
another half century of more.
The first book to move beyond childhood and adolescence to explore
processes of resilience across the lifespan, this cutting-edge
volume synthesizes the best current research in the field.
Contributors offer a comprehensive examination of resilience at
multiple levels of analysis, from genetic and physiological factors
through individual, family, and community processes. Compelling
topics include: * Whether resilience is best understood as a trait,
a dynamic developmental process, an outcome, or all of the above. *
How resilience intersects with health and well-being across the
adult life cycle. * Cross-cultural issues in conceptualization and
measurement. * Ways to enhance adult resilience, including reviews
of exemplary programs.
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