A psychological study done on resilience in U.S. military veterans has the veterans take online surveys in two waves. The first wave cumulatively measured the overall lifetime effects of traumatic events while Wave 2 assessed current symptoms of disorders such as “PTSD, major depressive disorder, as well as anxiety” in the veterans to classify them into different profiles based on the psychological disorders. The control group with a “low lifetime trauma exposure” was compared with two groups: “resilient group with high lifetime trauma and low current distress, and a distressed group with both high trauma exposure and current distress symptoms.” The findings of the study confirmed that majority of veterans with trauma did in fact have high resilience.
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PARKER-POPE, TARA. “How to Build Resilience in Midlife.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 25 July 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/well/mind/how-to-boost-resilience-in-midlife.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FPsychology and Psychologists&action=click&contentCollection=health®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=collection. Accessed 29 Aug. 2017.
