When resilience becomes undesirable – A cautionary note

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

New Ideas in Psychology Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101076

Yannick Hill , Margaret Morison , Abbey Westphal , Solène Gerwann , Bernard P. Ricca

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Abstract

Traditionally, resilience has been viewed as a general positive adaptation to stressors. However, the hallmark of resilience – returning to the previous state following a perturbation – may also have severe downsides, which are often overlooked. Specifically, it may be unrealistic to return to the previous state or resilience may cause a person to become stuck in an undesirable state. In this article, we first call for a more nuanced theoretical conceptualization of resilience. To do so, we draw on insights from dynamical systems theory help to clearly define the role of a stressor and the idealized pathway to adapt to it. Then, we exemplify the potential downsides of resilience in the context of trauma and social adversity, learning, and goal-disengagement. In conclusion, researchers and practitioners should become more cautious with the term resilience and provide nuanced accounts for what they mean to avoid potentially harmful consequences.

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当复原力变得不可取时--警示语

传统上，复原力被视为对压力的一种普遍积极适应。然而，复原力的标志--在受到干扰后恢复到先前的状态--也可能有严重的弊端，而这些弊端往往被忽视。具体来说，恢复到之前的状态可能是不现实的，或者恢复力可能会使人陷入不理想的状态。在本文中，我们首先呼吁对抗逆力进行更细致的理论概念化。为此，我们借鉴了动力系统理论的观点，以明确界定压力源的作用以及适应压力源的理想途径。然后，我们举例说明了抗逆力在创伤和社会逆境、学习和目标脱离等方面的潜在弊端。总之，研究人员和从业人员应该更加谨慎地使用抗逆力一词，并对其含义进行细致入微的解释，以避免潜在的有害后果。

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期刊介绍： New Ideas in Psychology is a journal for theoretical psychology in its broadest sense. We are looking for new and seminal ideas, from within Psychology and from other fields that have something to bring to Psychology. We welcome presentations and criticisms of theory, of background metaphysics, and of fundamental issues of method, both empirical and conceptual. We put special emphasis on the need for informed discussion of psychological theories to be interdisciplinary. Empirical papers are accepted at New Ideas in Psychology, but only as long as they focus on conceptual issues and are theoretically creative. We are also open to comments or debate, interviews, and book reviews.