Review article
RESILIENCE IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS
Romana Babić
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Marko Babić
; Faculty of Science and Education University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Pejana Rastović
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Department of Surgery, University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Marina Ćurlin
; Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Josip Šimić
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Kaja Mandić
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Katica Pavlović
; Department of Urology, University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Abstract
Resilience is a relatively new concept that lacks clarity although it is increasingly used in everyday conversation and across
various disciplines. The term was first introduced into psychology and psychiatry from technical sciences and afterwards thorough
medicine and healthcare. It represents a complex set of various protective and salutogenic factors and process important for
understanding health and illness, and treatment and healing processes. It is defined as a protective factor that makes an individual
more resilient to adverse events that lead to positive developmental outcomes. Resilience is a positive adaptation after stressful
situations and it represents mechanisms of coping and rising above difficult experiences, i.e., the capacity of a person to successfully
adapt to change, resist the negative impact of stressors and avoid occurrence of significant dysfunctions. It represents the ability to
return to the previous, so-called "normal" or healthy condition after trauma, accident, tragedy, or illness. In other words, resilience
refers to the ability to cope with difficult, stressful and traumatic situations while maintaining or restoring normal functioning. The
higher the resilience, the lower the vulnerability and risk of illness. Resilient individuals tend to be optimistic, have a tendency to see
everything as a useful experience, focus on personal strengths and qualities, use constructive criticism, develop close relationships with others, have developed social skills, and are emotionally conscious. Good resilience aggravates and prevents the onset of disease, provides good heath, facilitates and accelerates healing, and provides productive life and a sense of well-being despite chronic illness. Resilience experts believe that anyone can strengthen their resilience and thus contribute to the advancement of health and, if ill, ease the illness, accelerate and facilitate healing.
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Publication date:
10.6.2020.
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