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To: Lane3 who wrote (53707)	8/2/2002 4:38:03 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

What an interesting connection to make. I wonder if anyone is studying those survivors.

To: Lane3 who wrote (53707)	8/2/2002 4:52:27 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

The typical approach to studying resiliency has been to look at the causal factors related to the trauma. Everything from poverty, single parenting, addicted parent, etc is a candidate. So for children living in less than ideal circumstances some resource gaps are noted. Resilient persons are able to find substitutes to support the need or fill the gap that is created by one or more of the causal factors. We don't know whether there is something internal that causes the resilient person to mend the tramma (identify the gaps and organize alternative resources), if they are just the lucky ones who have a caring aunt, or if there are varying combinations that result in resiliency. When I was young, little boys were told by male role models that if you get bucked off of a horse you are trying to ride, you must dust yourself off and climb right back on that horse and try again; and you keep trying until you have ridden the horse or until it kills you. The idea of course was one of resiliency. Little boys who laid down and cried when they got a boo boo were ostracized and demonstrated very little ability to handle adversity and trauma in general circumstances(no resiliency). Perhaps the boys who had the confidence to climb back on the horse had learned something of resiliency from their male role models. If so, there are even factors that lie at the heart of a persons cultural roots that contribute to resiliency.