The development of a three part model of psychological resilience
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Psychological resilience has been defined as the ability of an individual to recover from a traumatic event or to remain psychologically robust when faced with an adverse event. This study investigated a sample of 176 police officers who were surveyed at commencement of their training in 1998/1999 (Time 1), 12 months later (Time 2), and at the end of 2009 (Time 3). A multidimensional model of psychological resilience (including environment, thoughts, feelings, behaviours, and physical activities) was evaluated in terms of the pathogenic outcomes of posttraumatic stress, psychological distress, and physical health at the three time points. A three part model of psychological resilience (environment, physical behaviours, and cognitions) was used to demonstrate that social support, adaptive health practices, adaptive coping, and optimism were effective when police officers were faced with adversity. The model provides initial understandings of the multidimensional nature of psychological resilience which requires further evaluation.
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Resilience is influenced by genetic, epigenetic, developmental, neurochemical, and psychosocial factors.
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- Authors
- de Terte, I., Stephens, C., & Huddleston, L.
- Affiliations
- School of Psychology Massey University Wellington New Zealand
- Massey University (NZ)
- ORCID
- Stephens, Christine
- Venue
- Stress and Health
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 416-424
- ISSN
- 1532-2998 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-3005
- OpenAlex
- W2125371523
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 6.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Stress and Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Health Research Council and Department of Labour of New Zealand.
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- psychological resilience, police officers, post-traumatic stress, psychological distress, physical health, social support, adaptive coping, optimism, health practices, adversity, resilience model, occupational stress
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Status, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, New Zealand, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Police, Resilience, Psychological
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