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Resilience: Distinct Construct or Conglomerate of Existing Traits?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Gerard J. Fogarty  and
Harsha N. Perera
Gerard J. Fogarty*
Affiliation:
Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Harsha N. Perera
Affiliation:
School of Education, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, and School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Gerard J. Fogarty, Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development, University of Southern Queensland, Baker Street, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia. E-mail: fogarty@usq.edu.au
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Since its inception in mainstream scientific psychology, resilience has emerged as a popular, yet controversial, construct. As evidenced in the target article, this controversy can be attributed, at least in part, to current conceptual and methodological difficulties hampering understanding of the construct. Chief among these concerns is the discriminant validity of resilience with respect to conceptually similar individual differences constructs, such as hardiness, mental toughness, adaptability, and even the five-factor personality dimensions. Advances in research on resilience, and ultimately the utility of the construct in applied settings, hinge on its distinction from related concepts.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 422 - 429
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2016 

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