Consistent with previous research, this study found resilience to be higher in elite athletes compared to non-elite. Numerous studies show elite athletes tolerate stress more effectively (Fletcher and Sarker, 2012; Belem et al., 2014). Increased resilience provides a buffer protecting psychological health and accounts for…
Resilience Essay Examples and Topics
74 years ago, in San Francisco, the United Nations charter was drafted and signed by representatives of 50 governments. In the very first chapter of this charter is established the right of all peoples to self-determination, which Merriam-Webster defines as the people’s choice of their…
Personal threats are unwelcome intrusions that can disrupt an individual’s sense of security and well-being. This essay examines the various forms of personal threats, their psychological and emotional impact, strategies for coping and resilience, and the importance of seeking support to overcome the challenges they…
Ability to Recover from Or Adjust Easily to Misfortune Or Change
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When someone thinks “how did that person get over a traumatic even so easily?” that person that gets over that even quickly might have good resilience. Merriam Webster defines resilience as an “ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” Resilience is…
Defining Resilience and Building It in Teaching Practice
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Defining resilience Resilience refers to the class of phenomena characterised by patterns of positive adaptation in the context of significant risk and adversity. Resilience is concluded on the basis of two major judgements – the individual is ‘doing ok’ or better than ‘ok’ with respect…
Peruvian Fishmeal Industry Resilience and Adaptations to El Niño Southern Oscillation (Enso) Events
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Introduction Amidst a change in food demand patterns in emerging economies such as China and India leading to an increase in the consumption of fish (Gandhi and Zhou 2014) hand in hand with growing concerns on feeding World population and climate change, not only supply…
Introduction Resilience is a popular topic in our modern age and it is appreciated as a fantastic quality in people. People who display this quality have been looked upon with respect over the years. In many folk lore, stories, fairy tales and movies, the theme…
This assignment is about the concept of resilience and we will look at its definition and some theories around resilience. Working in the ‘Looked after Children’ team over the past two years I have come across the word resilience a number of times. It is…
Are Sustainability and Resilience at Odds?
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In recent years the terms sustainability and resilience have been compared, differentiated, and used interchangeably by a variety of different writers and scientists. The lack of a proper understanding behind both concepts causes confusion and debate about whether or not they are the same term,…
They spit in your face, in your hair, and on your clothes. Their voices only know slurs that cut you worse than the knives they threaten you with. Your eyes burn from the acid they threw in them. Your legs are always sore from running…