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PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 227-229Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.3.227
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resilience; public education; community outreach
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Resilience is the human ability to adapt in the face of tragedy, trauma, adversity, hardship, and ongoing significant life stressors. Focus groups conducted by the APA Practice Directorate after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, found people to be experiencing a chronic sense of stress and uncertainty for which they wanted to be more resilient. In response, APA launched its public education campaign, The Road to Resilience, in August 2002. A key component of the campaign is community outreach by psychologists, in which psychologists around the country bring information about resilience directly into their communities. This has allowed psychologists to help their communities and to help communities better understand the value of psychology.
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