WHAT IS RESILIENCE AND HOW CAN IT BE IMPROVED?

Familiarize yourself with the issue

• Hardiness test http://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/take_test.php?idRegTest=1603

Now read the following:

•  What is resilience? http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/resilience/what-resilience

Reading material to make notes on

• 10 Traits of emotionally resilient people https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/design-your-path/201305/10-traits-emotionally-resilient-people

·         Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201509/declining-student-resilience-serious-problem-colleges

·         What makes a resilient mind? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/mental-resilience/  

·         What makes some people more resilient than others? http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/dec/19/unbroken-resilience-louis-zamperini-post-traumatic-stress-disorder

Videos to watch and make notes on

·         In brief: what is resilience? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqO7YoMsccU

·         In brief: How to build resilience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r8hj72bfGo

·         In brief: How resilience is built https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSf7pRpOgu8

Listen to the lectures and take notes:

·         Cultivating resilience | Greg Eells | TEDxCortland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLzVJVM1BUc

·         The Power of Resilience: Sam Goldstein, Ph.D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfw8JJ-eWM

·         Educating For Happiness and Resilience: Dr. Ilona Boniwell 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbC18wFkHNI  

Watch the film: Unbroken

 See the official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OEyRSoegIc&feature=youtu.be

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