# Psychological Resilience: An Affect-Regulation Framework

“Psychological Resilience: An Affect-Regulation Framework” (2022), by Allison S. Troy et al. Psychology research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. A free PDF is available.

- Authors: Allison S. Troy, Emily C Willroth, Amanda J. Shallcross, Nicole R. Giuliani, James J. Gross, Iris B. Mauss
- Published: September 14, 2022
- Field: Psychology
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-020122-041854
- Free PDF: https://escholarship.org/content/qt4zj1c3s9/qt4zj1c3s9.pdf?t=rrkdfm

## Abstract

Exposure to adversity (e.g., poverty, bereavement) is a robust predictor of disruptions in psychological functioning. However, people vary greatly in their responses to adversity; some experience severe long-term disruptions, others experience minimal disruptions or even improvements. We refer to the latter outcomes—faring better than expected given adversity—as psychological resilience. Understanding what processes explain resilience has critical theoretical and practical implications. Yet, psychology's understanding of resilience is incomplete, for two reasons: ( a) We lack conceptual clarity, and ( b) two major approaches to resilience—the stress and coping approach and the emotion and emotion-regulation approach—have limitations and are relatively isolated from one another. To address these two obstacles,we first discuss conceptual questions about resilience. Next, we offer an integrative affect-regulation framework that capitalizes on complementary strengths of both approaches. This framework advances our understanding of resilience by integrating existing findings, highlighting gaps in knowledge, and guiding future research.

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