Psychological resilience

Resilience in psychology is the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and catastrophe. It is also used to indicate a characteristic of resistance to future negative events. In this sense 'resilience' corresponds to cumulative 'protective factors' and is used in opposition to cumulative 'risk factors'. The phrase 'risk and resilience'' in this area of study is quite common. Commonly used terms, which are essentially synonymous within psychology, are 'resilience', 'psychological resilience', 'emotional resilience', 'hardiness', and 'resourcefulness'.