TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual and Collective Dimensions of Resilience Within Political Violence
AU - Sousa, Cindy A.
AU - Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.
AU - Feldman, Guy
AU - Lee, Jessica
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded in part by NIMH Grant T32MH20010. No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this article.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Research has documented a link between political violence and the functioning of individuals and communities. Yet, despite the hardships that political violence creates, evidence suggests remarkable fortitude and resilience within both individuals and communities. Individual characteristics that appear to build resilience against political violence include demographic factors such as gender and age, and internal resources, such as hope, optimism, determination, and religious convictions. Research has also documented the protective influence of individuals' connection to community and their involvement in work, school, or political action. Additionally, research on political violence and resilience has increasingly focused on communities themselves as a unit of analysis. Community resilience, like individual resilience, is a process supported by various traits, capacities, and emotional orientations toward hardship. This review addresses various findings related to both individual and community resilience within political violence and offers recommendations for research, practice, and policy.
AB - Research has documented a link between political violence and the functioning of individuals and communities. Yet, despite the hardships that political violence creates, evidence suggests remarkable fortitude and resilience within both individuals and communities. Individual characteristics that appear to build resilience against political violence include demographic factors such as gender and age, and internal resources, such as hope, optimism, determination, and religious convictions. Research has also documented the protective influence of individuals' connection to community and their involvement in work, school, or political action. Additionally, research on political violence and resilience has increasingly focused on communities themselves as a unit of analysis. Community resilience, like individual resilience, is a process supported by various traits, capacities, and emotional orientations toward hardship. This review addresses various findings related to both individual and community resilience within political violence and offers recommendations for research, practice, and policy.
KW - cultural contexts
KW - memory and trauma
KW - mental health and violence
KW - violence exposure
KW - war
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879963853&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1524838013493520
DO - 10.1177/1524838013493520
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AN - SCOPUS:84879963853
SN - 1524-8380
VL - 14
SP - 235
EP - 254
JO - Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
JF - Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
IS - 3
ER -
