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Resilience in humanitarian aid workers: Understanding processes of development - Couverture souple

Comoretto, Dr Amanda; Crichton, Professor Nicola; Albery, Professor Ian

 
9783845416113: Resilience in humanitarian aid workers: Understanding processes of development
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3845416114 ISBN 13 : 9783845416113
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Resilience describes factors that promote wellbeing in individuals undergoing stressful life conditions. The majority of investigations conducted on coping mechanisms have focused on policemen, soldiers, and health care. Only recently has attention towards workplace adversity in humanitarian aid workers become the focus of attention. While some aid workers leave their organisations because of issues associated with workplace adversity many are likely to remain. This raises the issue of why some people are able to thrive despite challenging career choices, while others do not. In this book three protective categories applicable to populations at risk for stress are identified as responsible for the development of resilience: individual characteristics, social support, and cognitive features. A model is developed theorising that positive or negative change in resilience is governed by the relations among protective factors within the individual and the environment. This theoretical framework contributes to the understanding of how resilience develops in field-based humanitarian aid workers allowing them to survive and thrive within extremely challenging environments.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Resilience describes factors that promote wellbeing in individuals undergoing stressful life conditions. The majority of investigations conducted on coping mechanisms have focused on policemen, soldiers, and health care. Only recently has attention towards workplace adversity in humanitarian aid workers become the focus of attention. While some aid workers leave their organisations because of issues associated with workplace adversity many are likely to remain. This raises the issue of why some people are able to thrive despite challenging career choices, while others do not. In this book three protective categories applicable to populations at risk for stress are identified as responsible for the development of resilience: individual characteristics, social support, and cognitive features. A model is developed theorising that positive or negative change in resilience is governed by the relations among protective factors within the individual and the environment. This theoretical framework contributes to the understanding of how resilience develops in field-based humanitarian aid workers allowing them to survive and thrive within extremely challenging environments.

Biographie de l'auteur

Amanda Comoretto is a psychology researcher who trained at London South Bank University (UK). She has worked in both the United States and Spain. Her research interests lie in the areas of stress, coping and resilience development in youth and adult populations.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3845416114
ISBN 13 
9783845416113
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
376
Coordonnées du fabricant
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