"If you want to understand something, try to change it": Social-psychological interventions to cultivate resilience. (2nd September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brummelman, Eddie; Walton, Gregory M.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 38(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-09-02
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X14001472
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: We argue that social psychology has unique potential for advancing understanding of resilience. An exciting development that illustrates this is the emergence of social-psychological interventions – brief, stealthy, and psychologically precise interventions – that can yield broad and lasting benefits by targeting key resilience mechanisms. Such interventions provide a causal test of resilience mechanisms and bring about positive change in people's lives.