A M Kunzler1,2, D A Gilan3,4, R Kalisch3,5, O Tüscher3,4, K Lieb3,4. 1. Deutsches Resilienz Zentrum (DRZ) Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland. Angela.Kunzler@unimedizin-mainz.de. 2. Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland. Angela.Kunzler@unimedizin-mainz.de. 3. Deutsches Resilienz Zentrum (DRZ) Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland. 4. Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland. 5. Neuroimaging Center Mainz (NIC), Forschungszentrum Translationale Neurowissenschaften (FTN), Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Stress-related mental disorders are the most prevalent and cost-intensive disorders of our time. On the other hand, the maintenance of mental health despite stressors, i. e. resilience, is a frequent phenomenon. Research on psychological resilience and its underlying mechanisms offers innovative possibilities for health promotion. It requires a consistent understanding of resilience and adequate methods of operationalization. OBJECTIVES: Modern concepts of the definition, operationalization and assessment of resilience as well as its implications for study designs in resilience research. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analysis and discussion of current works and expert recommendations for the design of resilience research. RESULTS: Resilience research is undergoing a period of transition. Based on a new understanding of resilience as a dynamic and modifiable process, new approaches for operationalization and assessment were proposed. These include, for example, a transdiagnostic approach and the identification of resilience mechanisms, the consideration of stressor exposure in measuring the construct, and longitudinal cohort studies. CONCLUSIONS: In the upcoming decades, further profitable findings from current prospective longitudinal studies can be expected. One challenge for future resilience research consists in the continuous dissemination and implementation of the approaches described.
BACKGROUND: Stress-related mental disorders are the most prevalent and cost-intensive disorders of our time. On the other hand, the maintenance of mental health despite stressors, i. e. resilience, is a frequent phenomenon. Research on psychological resilience and its underlying mechanisms offers innovative possibilities for health promotion. It requires a consistent understanding of resilience and adequate methods of operationalization. OBJECTIVES: Modern concepts of the definition, operationalization and assessment of resilience as well as its implications for study designs in resilience research. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analysis and discussion of current works and expert recommendations for the design of resilience research. RESULTS: Resilience research is undergoing a period of transition. Based on a new understanding of resilience as a dynamic and modifiable process, new approaches for operationalization and assessment were proposed. These include, for example, a transdiagnostic approach and the identification of resilience mechanisms, the consideration of stressor exposure in measuring the construct, and longitudinal cohort studies. CONCLUSIONS: In the upcoming decades, further profitable findings from current prospective longitudinal studies can be expected. One challenge for future resilience research consists in the continuous dissemination and implementation of the approaches described.
Authors: Andrea Chmitorz; Mario Wenzel; Rolf-Dieter Stieglitz; Angela Kunzler; Christiana Bagusat; Isabella Helmreich; Anna Gerlicher; Miriam Kampa; Thomas Kubiak; Raffael Kalisch; Klaus Lieb; Oliver Tüscher Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-02-13 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Donya Gilan; Nikolaus Röthke; Manpreet Blessin; Angela Kunzler; Jutta Stoffers-Winterling; Markus Müssig; Kenneth S L Yuen; Oliver Tüscher; Johannes Thrul; Frauke Kreuter; Philipp Sprengholz; Cornelia Betsch; Rolf Dieter Stieglitz; Klaus Lieb Journal: Dtsch Arztebl Int Date: 2020-09-18 Impact factor: 5.594
Authors: David T Ochmann; Keito F A Philippi; Peter Zeier; Magdalena Sandner; Barlo Hillen; Elmo W I Neuberger; Inigo Ruiz de Azua; Klaus Lieb; Michèle Wessa; Beat Lutz; Perikles Simon; Alexandra Brahmer Journal: JMIR Res Protoc Date: 2021-11-29