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Resilience has been variously defined as the capacity to successfully adapt in the face of adversity with a capacity for growth (see Chap. 1). Resilience, like coping, is reliant on both internal and external resources and the capacity to go beyond recovery. It is about identifying and developing the internal resources and the capacity to access external resources in the service of the individual. In contrast to coping, the measure of resilience has been elusive, mainly because it is difficult to predict how an individual will react in any given situation. However, when it comes to coping it is possible to be situation specific as well as consider how one would adapt in general. It is both possible to measure coping and utilise its predictive powers. Furthermore, what makes it such a useful construct is that it is possible to build an individual’s coping resources so as to enhance their capacities to adapt. Thus, coping is an applied construct that has relevance to the diverse social and cultural contexts in which individuals find themselves. The process determines the resilient outcomes.
I believe in the glass table. If you have an issue and you keep it under the table you can’t see it or touch it so it can’t be deal with. I say at every meeting ‘ put the issue on the table because then we can all see it and deal with it and move it. You’re not going to get rid of it by ignoring it.’ (Doug, company director)
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Frydenberg, E. (2017). The Measurement of Coping. In: Coping and the Challenge of Resilience. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56924-0_4
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