Resilience and health in a fast-changing world:

What decides whether a person suffering misfortune bounces back quickly or falls into despair for years? Which processes and mechanisms constitute psychological resilience? Is there a particular, evolutionary-shaped model of human adaptation, which enables a person to maintain mental health in unfav...

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Other Authors: Ostrowski, Tadeusz Marian (Editor), Sikorska, Iwona (Editor), Gerc, Krzysztof (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Krakow Jagiellonian University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
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Summary:What decides whether a person suffering misfortune bounces back quickly or falls into despair for years? Which processes and mechanisms constitute psychological resilience? Is there a particular, evolutionary-shaped model of human adaptation, which enables a person to maintain mental health in unfavorable and dynamically changing circumstances?<br><br>'All these questions are addressed by the contributors to the monograph titled <i>Resilience and Health in a Fast-Changing World</i>. While searching for the answers the authors refer to an extensive scholarly literature, their own theoretical investigations as well as to the outcomes of empirical researches conducted.'<br>Nina Oginska-Bulik
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