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WORKING PAPER
DRAFT, 5/28/99
RESILIENCE
Status of the Research and Research-Based Programs
Nancy J. Davis, Ed.D.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Mental Health Services
Division of Program Development, Special Populations & Projects
Special Programs Development Branch
(301) 443-2844
The power of the human spirit to sustain grief and loss and to renew itself with hope and courage defies all description.
--Dr. Daniel Gottlieb (1991)
Table of Contents
Part I: Status of Research
People at Promise
Defining Resilience
Risk and Protective Factors, Processes, and/or Mechanisms
The Issue of Risk
The Issue of Protection
Correlations or Causes?
Characteristics of Resilient Individuals
Physical Competence
Social and Relational Competence
Cognitive Competence
Emotional Competence
Moral Competence
Spiritual Competence
Protective Processes within Families
Protective Processes within Schools
Interaction of Family and School Protective Processes
Protective Processes within Communities
Part II: Status of Research-Based Programs
Research-Based Programs That Foster Resilience
A General Approach Applied in Different Settings
Health Realization/Psychology of Mind
Programs that Target Families
Family Skills Training
Strengthening Families program
Focus on Families
Families and Schools Together
Family Effectiveness Training
Behavioral Family Therapy
Structural Family Therapy
Functional Family Therapy
Parenting Adolescents Wisely
Early Childhood Programs
Zero to 3 Years Old
Kempe Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health
The Infant Health and Development Program
Dare to Be You
Preschool: Ages 4 and 5
Perry Preschool Project
Programs Beginning when Children are in Kindergarten
or Elementary School
Be A Star
Programs Beginning when Children are in Middle and/or High School
Learn and Service America
Say It Straight
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
Adventure Education and Outward Bound
Part III: Recommendations for Future Research
Part IV: References
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