A Concept Analysis of Resilience Integrating Genetics

Authors

Kosuke Niitsu, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Julia F. Houfek, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Cecilia R. Barron, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Scott F. Stoltenberg, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Kevin A. Kupzyk, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Michael J. Rice, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusFollow

ORCID IDs

Kosuke Niitsu

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2017

Citation

Issues in Mental Health Nursing 38:11 (2017), pp. 896–906.

doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017 .1350225

Comments

Copyright © 2017 Taylor & Francis. Used by permission.

Abstract

Although clinicians and researchers are interested in the phenomenon of resilience, there is no agreed-upon definition of resilience. Scientific evidence suggests that resilience is influenced by intrapersonal (e.g., personality traits) and environmental (e.g., social support) variables. A concept analysis was conducted to better understand the meaning of resilience. In this analysis, the antecedent of resilience was a potentially traumatic event; the defining attributes were ego-resiliency, emotion regulation, social support, and heredity; and the consequences were none to mild psychopathological symptoms and positive adaptation. This analysis can help nurses better understand resilience and its relationships to both intrapersonal and environmental variables.