Resilience in Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Translating Research into Practice

I. Introduction.- 1. Translating Resilience Theory: Introduction; Sandra Prince-Embury, Donald H. Saklofske.- 2. Translating Resilience Theory for Assessment and Application with Children, Adolescents and Adults: Conceptual Issues; Sandra Prince-Embury.- II. Resilience and Children.- 3. Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA): Theory, Research and Clinical Application; Sandra Prince-Embury.- 4. The Devereux Suite: Assessing and promoting resilience in children 1 month to 14 years; Paul M. LeBuffe, Katherine M. Ross, Jennifer L. Fleming, Jack A. Naglieri.- 5. Classroom and Peer Ecological Resilience: Practical Assessment for Intervention; Samuel Song, Beth Doll, Kelly Marth.- 6. Coaching Parents and Teachers to Develop and Enhance Resilient Mindsets in Children; Sam Goldstein, Robert Brooks, Melissa DeVries.- 7. Mental Health Promotion in the Schools: Supporting Resilience in Children and Youth; Barry Mallin, John R. Walker, Benjamin Levin.- 8. Resilience in Childhood Disorders; Emma A. Climie, Sarah M. Mastoras, Adam W. McCrimmon, Vicki L. Schwean.- III. Resilience, Youth and Adults.- 9. The Ego Resiliency Scale by Block and Kremen (1996) and Trait Ego; Sandra Prince-Embury.- 10. Perceived Self-Efficacy and Its Relationship to Resilience; Ralf Schwarzer, Lisa Marie Warner.- 11. Development and use of the Resilience Scale (TM) (RS) with middle and older Adults; Gail Wagnild.- 12. The Connors-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC); Sandra Prince-Embury.- 13. The Foundations of Resilience: What are the Critical Resources for Back from Stress? Brief Resilience Scale; Bruce W. Smith, Emmerson M. Epstein, J. Alexis Ortiz, Paulette J. Christopher, Erin M. Tooley.- 14. Young adult resiliency assessment: Validity studies of the RSCA-A and RSCA-A-R; Donald H. Saklofske, David W. Nordstokke, Sandra Prince-Embury, Tara Crumpler, Sarah Nugent, Ashley Vesely, Yvonne Hindes.- 15. Exploring Resilience through the Lens of Core Self-Evaluations; Diane C. Elliot, Pamela Kaliski, Jeremy Burrus, Richard D. Roberts.- 16. Resilience Revisited: Toward an Expanding understanding of Post Disaster Adaptation; Raymond F. Hanbury, Monica J. Indart.- 17. Community Level Resilience Intervention in a Post-Disaster Environment: The Three Mile Island Health and Environmental Information Series; Sandra Prince-Embury.- IV. Resilience, Cultural and Systemic Issues.- 18. A Measure of Resilience with Contextual Sensitivity: CRMY-28; Michael Unger, Linda Libenberg.- 19. Resilience in Kenyan Youth living in the Slums and Suburbs of Nairobi; Beverly Tignor, Sandra Prince-Embury.- 20. Cultural Considerations for Building Social-Emotional and Academic Resilience in Hispanic Bilingual Preschool Children; Geraldine V. Oades-Sese, Mark Kitzie, Christopher Velderman, Wai-Ling Rubic, Sarah Rutstein, Miles Waltuck.- 21. A Strengths-based Social Psychological Approach to Resilience: Cultural Diversity, Ecological and Lifespan Issues; Phillip Bowman.- 22. Bowen Systems Theory Applied to Systemic Resilience versus Vulnerability; Sandra Prince-Embury.- 23. Epilogue; Sandra Prince-Embury, Donald H. Saklofske.