Creating a Future: A Study of Resilience in Suicidal Female Adolescents

摘要: Research on resilience in adolescence has burgeoned over the past 2 decades as attention turned toward constructive behaviors and life-enhancing competencies of youth navigating through significant stressors adversity. With its focus strengths adaptive processes adolescents, study offers a positive alternative to research concerned with developmental deficits psychopathology. As Richardson, Neiger, Jensen, Kumpfer (1990) stated, resilience-based approach implies that "the coping mild severe disruptions are opportunities for growth, development, skill building" (p. 34). The how teenagers survive thrive face life difficulties much contribute greater understanding adolescent development generation mental health interventions build adolescents' (Fraser & Richman, 2001; Luthar, Cicchetti, Becker, 2000; Olsson, Bond, Burns, Vella-Brodrick, Sawyer, 2003). One most serious facing many adolescents is issue suicidality. Suicide rates have risen dramatically several industrialized countries few decades. In Canada, sharpest rise occurred between ages 15 19 years, rate completed suicides quadrupling since 1950s (Breton et al., 2002). now second leading cause death among Canadian youth, next only motor vehicle accidents (Langlois Morrison, United States, suicide third an estimated 8% American attempt each year (Stanton, Spirito, Donaldson, Boergers, Yet, despite severity magnitude problem, little currently known about subjective experience who overcome suicidal behaviors. inclusion participant perspective critical addition theoretical clinical perspectives resilience. purpose present was develop suicidality from previously female participants. A framework used conceptualize this process, based view individuals active agents adaptively avail themselves resources rebound Definition Resilience term often been describe stable personality trait or ability protects negative effects risk adversity (see Hollister-Wagner, Foshee, Jackson, Howard Johnson, Walsh, also conceptualized outcome, criteria which commonly include absence psychopathology, social competence, self-concept self-esteem, academic achievement, success at age-appropriate tasks exposure (Hauser, 1999; Masten 1999). Increasingly, researchers come regard not fixed attribute specific outcome but more dynamic process evolves time (Luthar Olsson 2003; Richardson 1990; Richman Fraser, Rutter, 1987, 2001). Rather than being invariant person either does have, can accurately be viewed normal part healthy enhanced throughout cycle (Baldwin 1993; Drummond, Kysela, Alexander, McDonald, Query, 1997; Born, Jacob, 1997). defining resilience, multidimensional important, along consideration context occurs (Carbonell, Reinherz, Giaconia, 1998; Fraser Luthar 2000). al. some manifest situations areas functioning others. …