A simultaneous concept analysis of resilience, coping, posttraumatic growth, and thriving
Jessamyn Bowling PhD, MPH
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Chloe Vercruysse MBA
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Correspondence Chloe Vercruysse, Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University City Blvd., 428c, Charlotte, NC 28223, 9201, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLisa M. Krinner PhD, MSc
Department of Social Medicine, Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Search for more papers by this authorTaryn Greene PhD, MA
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFaustina Bello-Ogunu MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCaitlan Webster MA, MPH
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJessamyn Bowling PhD, MPH
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Chloe Vercruysse MBA
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Correspondence Chloe Vercruysse, Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University City Blvd., 428c, Charlotte, NC 28223, 9201, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLisa M. Krinner PhD, MSc
Department of Social Medicine, Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Search for more papers by this authorTaryn Greene PhD, MA
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFaustina Bello-Ogunu MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCaitlan Webster MA, MPH
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Background
Research has shifted in recent decades from a focus on negative effects of adversity, trauma, and stress to protective factors and positive outcomes. Resilience and related concepts (coping, posttraumatic growth, thriving, and preparedness) reflect this shift. However, the current state of literature reflects conceptualization challenges in relation to these terms, which blur their differentiation.
Aim
We aim to examine how resilience and related terms are conceptualized in health-related literature.
Design
We used a simultaneous concept analysis to independently explore and further inform the conceptual development of resilience, coping, PTG, and thriving. Data source: We searched PsycINFO and PubMed for literature between 1999 and 2019 for each of our concepts.
Review Methods
For each of these concepts, we propose a definition, antecedents, attributes, an example, consequences, and related concepts. Next, we concurrently examined the concepts, compared and contrasted findings across them, and clarified similarities as well as differences between them.
Results
Many concepts' definitions lack specificity, clear boundaries, and consistency across the literature. Resilience literature fails to differentiate between attributes and antecedents of resilience. There was overlap regarding conceptualization between resilience and coping, and resilience and thriving.
Conclusions
Several concepts' definitional literature diverged between a return to baseline functioning and surpassing baseline.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Open Research
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Data will be made available upon reasonable request to the authors.
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